MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO Aside from this, Tutay, in a televised briefing Friday, Feb. 26, argued that implementing extended working hours at this point in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic will not help the country’s employment situation. “Kapag in-extend ninyo po kasi iyong hours of work ng ating mga manggagawa (If the working hours is extended), it will not in any way help in terms of employment creation or generation dahil instead na mag-hire po tayo ng maraming manggagawa, i-extend na lamang iyong kanilang oras (because instead of hiring more workers, we will just extend their working hours),” Tutay explained.