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‘No work, no pay’ rule for unvaxxed workers unfair, say labor groups

EMPLOYEES who must be on onsite duty by next week but still refuse to get vaccinated against Covid-19 will be given several options before being stopped from going to work by their employers, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). In a virtual press briefing on Monday, Labor…

(File photo) MANILA - It will be up to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to formulate the implementing guidelines of Covid 19 vaccination in the workplace. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said he is leaving it up to DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III to make "those clarificatory labor policy statements". "My role is to set forth the general legal framework," Guevarra told reporters via text message when asked on whether the non-compulsory requirement for vaccin...

Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra The members of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) are in agreement that employers can’t fire their unvaccinated workers or impose vaccination as pre-requisite for employment. Justice Secretary Menardo I. Gu

(File photo) MANILA - Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Thursday said the vaccination of workers against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) as an additional requirement for employment is not compulsory. In a message to reporters, Guevarra said the matter was taken up during the last meeting of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF). "I clarified this during the IATF meeting last Tuesday. I emphasized that the Covid-19 Vaccination Program A...

Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra (2) Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra on Saturday, Oct. 23, reiterated that under the law, business owners cannot turn down job applicants simply because they are unvaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Guevarra stressed that Repu

The provision in the COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021, which indicates that vaccine cards are not required in employment purposes, is being studied, according to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Thursday.

Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra Owners of businesses cannot turn down the employment of persons who remain unvaccinated against COVID-19, Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra said on Wednesday, Oct. 20. Guevarra warned against violations of Section 12 of Republic Act No. 115251, t

JUSTICE Secretary Menardo Guevarra clarified on Wednesday that there is still no law that requires mandatory Covid-19 vaccination for job applicants prior to employment. Guevarra issued the statement in response to calls of some business groups to allow them not to hire job seekers who refuse to get vaccinated against the virus.…

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