{"id":278932,"date":"2020-12-17T06:36:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T11:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=278932"},"modified":"2025-01-16T10:27:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T15:27:02","slug":"close-to-4-m-workers-displaced-by-covid-19-dole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/12\/17\/close-to-4-m-workers-displaced-by-covid-19-dole\/","title":{"rendered":"Close to 4-M workers displaced by Covid-19: DOLE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Companies have adopted the schemes to help minimize the impact of the pandemic on their businesses as well as their workers.<\/p>\n
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MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Close to four million workers in the country and abroad have been affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cBased on the last figure we released, there are around 3.8 million composed of retrenched and temporarily displaced workers,\u201d Labor Assistant Secretary Dominique Tutay said during the agency’s virtual year-end press conference.<\/p>\n

Tutay said these are from companies and establishments that have either adopted Flexible Work Arrangements (FWAS) or Alternative Work Scheme (AWS) or temporary closed.<\/p>\n

Companies have adopted the schemes to help minimize the impact of the pandemic on their businesses as well as their workers.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, the International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB) reported that over 500,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been displaced due to the health crisis.<\/p>\n

According to ILAB director Alice Visperas, more than half of the 550,000 affected Filipinos abroad have been repatriated and are now in their home regions.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs of December 17, we have over 550,000 OFWs displaced and out of this figure 370,000 were repatriated back to their home provinces,\u201d Visperas said.<\/p>\n

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She added that some 126,000 are set to return to the country while more than 80,000 choose to stay in the host countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome 126,000 displaced Filipinos are for repatriation while 82,000 opted to stay on-site,\u201d the ILAB official said.<\/p>\n

The DOLE has earlier rolled out programs to cushion the impact of the pandemic on workers.<\/p>\n

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Wednesday said 658,886 000 formal sector workers have benefited from the Covid-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP), which provides one-time cash assistance of PHP5,000.<\/p>\n

Through the DOLE’s emergency employment program dubbed as Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged\/Displaced Workers (TUPAD), Bello said the government was able to provide temporary jobs to 423,511 informal sector workers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns.<\/p>\n

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On the other hand, he said 315,000 displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have benefited from Abot Kamay Ang Pagtulong (AKAP) Program.<\/p>\n

Under the program, OFWs who were repatriated, stranded, and are still on site are entitled to one-time case assistance of US$200 (PHP10,000).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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