MANILA, Philippines — COVID-19 should be declared as an occupational disease under the government’s compensation program for employees to aid workers who have contracted the disease, Senator Risa Hontiveros said Wednesday.
Hontiveros said the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Employees Compensation Commission (ECC) should make the declaration so that workers can avail of insurance and other benefits that are demandable under the Employees Compensation Act and Employees Compensation Program.
“Workplaces and mass transportation are the new ‘hot spots’ of virus transmission. Dapat nang aksyunan ng gobyerno ang panawagan na gawing ‘occupational disease’ ang COVID-19 t…
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