CEBU CITY, Philippines —As the number of displaced workers breached the 1-million mark, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III urged anew big businesses to continue paying their workers who had
been unable to work due to the extended community quarantine brought about by the coronavirus disease 2019 crisis.
According to DOLE, 98 percent of around 42,000 reporting establishments are seeking the P5,000-one-time-assistance under the COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program , the department’s social amelioration scheme.Based on reports from DOLE regional offices, 1,048,649 workers in the formal sector were either affected by temporary closures or flexible work arrangements.
Central Visayas with 51,150 displaced workers ranked 6th among the regions; followed by Cordillera region at 46,614 and Region 10 with 46,351 and the Bicol region with 41,322. Majority of those workers belong to manufacturing, hotel, restaurants and tourism-related sectors, and education, according to DOLE.Assistant Secretary Dominique Rubia-Tutay, acting CAMP program implementer, said DOLE had already provided close to P900-million assistance to about 180,000 workers.
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