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The Commission on Appointments yesterday confirmed the ad interim appointment of Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma, who said that the work-from-home setup could be the new normal.

Employees in work-from-home arrangements should be given the same terms and conditions mandated by the labor standards in the country, based on the revised implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Telecommuting Act.

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alfredo Pascual said it would be "bad for the country" if the work-from-home (WFH) arrangement for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Information Technology and Business Processing Management (IT-BPM) firms doesn't get extended beyond Sept. 12.

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is looking to shift incentives registration from the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) to the Board of Investments (BOI) as it aims to address work from home issues. “The pandemic has shown that work from home for [business process outsourcing] BPOs could be a…

THE information technology and business process outsourcing sector, a pillar of the economy, has gotten a reprieve of sorts in its long-running dispute with regulators on the application of hybrid work arrangements in economic zones without forfeiting locators’ incentives. IT and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) members were…