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The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) is issuing a memorandum circular (MC) allowing its registered IT-business process management (IT-BPM) enterprises to operate 70 percent onsite and 30 percent work from home (WFH). Philippine Economic Zone Authority PEZA Director General Charito B. P

Suggestions were raised after the Metro Manila Development Authority reportedly said that it is looking into possibly implementing daylight saving time

With soaring fuel costs and heavy traffic resuming in the metropolitan areas of the country, the Telecommuting Act which was signed into law in 2018 has become top-of-mind as various sectors expressed support for continuing alternative work arrangements. This law allows those in the private sector to work “from an…

Export enterprises prove that hybrid model is the way to go While the law was affected in 2018, it was the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and the subsequent lockdowns that led the government, private and even public sector employers to rapidly and extensively implement alternative work arrangements s

Partido Reporma standard bearer Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said he is supportive of the four-day work week schedule being proposed to help employees save on their transportation costs to and from their workplaces as the country reels from the impact of the Ukraine-Russia conflict to the country’s

VIROLOGY INSTITUTE. Presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo Lacson picks a piece of paper during draw lots on who to answer first during the first Comelec-organized presidential debate at the Sofitel Hotel Tent in Pasay City on Saturday (March 19, 2022). Lacson said he intends to push for the creation of a Philippine Virology Science and Technology Institute to prepare the country for another Covid-19-like pandemic. (PNA photo by Avito Dalan) MANILA - If elected in the May 9 elections, Partido Rep...

An interesting policy debate on the work-from-home (WFH) arrangement is consuming the DTI, DOF and PEZA. The WFH was adopted by a number of the call center-BPO sector firms in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. It enabled these ecozone firms to avail themselves of PEZA fiscal incentives and maintain, even…

Just as the country is easing toward a possible nationwide enforcement of the least restrictive Alert Level 1 response, shock waves from the Ukraine-Russia war have disrupted the economy. The rapid surge in oil prices has brought on increases in prime commodity prices. Three hard-hit sectors — trans

Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo Lacson has sought an accelerated transition from the current Covid-19 pandemic state to an endemic. Thus said Lacson during the Commission on Elections (Comelec)-organized presidential debate Friday night, March 19, where the Palace bets were asked what they

Some Filipinos recently reacted to an old report on the Telecommuting Act as employers and government mull the return of onsite work. It was a GMA News