MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Tuesday that it found 688 business establishments to have “deficiencies” in complying with health standards being imposed for workplaces to prevent the COVID-19 spread.
According to Labor Assistant Secretary Teresita Cucueco, the DOLE has found an 82.82 percent initial compliance rate for all 3,888 business establishments covering 265,752 workers that were monitored from January to February this year.
Cucueco bared these figures following the observation of the Department of Health that there has been an increase of COVID-19 infection clusters in households and workplaces.
Of the establishments th…
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