Employers and workers who will engage in work-from-home arrangements could expect better protection of their rights in the updated implementing rules and regulations of Republic Act (RA) No. 11165 or the Telecommuting Law. Know more:
EMPLOYERS and workers who will engage in work-from-home arrangements could expect better protection of their rights in the updated implementing rules and regulations of Republic Act No. 11165 or the Telecommuting Law, which is expected to be completed in the coming weeks, according to the Department of Labor and Employment .
Labor and Employment Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma said he wants the new IRR to be finalized before September 12, 2022. “We like to make sure that the companies who engaged in work from home are able to provide for the services which are needed by their principal. Secondly, for the part of the Department of Labor and Employment, we would like to ensure the non-diminution of benefits on works similarly done,” Laguesma said during the 43rd National Conference of Employers last Wednesday.Under that issuance, telecommuting should be mutually agreed upon by the concerned employer and worker.
“Although it was a voluntary [scheme], during the pandemic it became mandatory in a sense,” Laguesma said. This provided DOLE a wealth of information on telecommuting experiences in various environments and sectors along with the issues, which cropped up in its implementation.
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