Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 29) — The Civil Service Commission is discouraging government agencies from requiring all their employees to report for work starting June 1.
“Wag niyo pong ipa-100% ang mga empleyado sa darating na June 1,” Civil Service Commissioner Aileen Lizada advised government agencies in a Laging Handa virtual press briefing on Friday.
[Translation: Do not require 100% attendance from your employees this coming June 1.]
Metro Manila, along with Regions II, III, IV-A, Albay, Pangasinan, and Davao City, will be placed under general community quarantine from June 1 to 15. Government offices have been previously allowed to open in areas under GCQ.
The commissioner reiterated the five alternative working arrangements the commission has provided for state agencies, namely work-from-home, skeleton workforce, compressed workweek, staggered working hours, and other alternative arrangements.
“Ang ginagawa lang ho ng CSC is we are giving the heads of agencies a leeway, an elbow room so that kami, tayo na nasa gobyerno, we will still be able to serve without compromising ang health po ng mga kawani ng gobyerno,” she explained.
[Translation: What the CSC is doing is we are giving the heads of agencies leeway, an elbow room so that we government workers will still be able to serve without compromising our health.]
Lizada also asked department heads to require senior citizens, pregnant women and those with comorbidities to work from home.
Heads of agencies must also ensure their workplaces, facilities and vehicles to be used as shuttles for employees are sanitized, she added.
The commissioner also reminded them to strictly implement the wearing of face masks, regular hand washing, provision of sanitation stations and personal protective equipment to their workers, and other health measures indicated in the joint memorandum circular of the CSC and Departments of Health (DOH) and Labor and Employment (DOLE).
