by Noreen Jazul, Manila Bulletin, 7 Oct 2020
The Department of Health (DOH) released the first version of its workplace handbook on COVID-19 management and prevention on Wednesday.
The 99-page manual contains essential information on how to manage and prevent the transmission of the coronavirus disease in the workplace.
“This hopes to provide proper guidance and appropriate information to all Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Committees and other key stakeholders to ensure that Filipino employees and workers everywhere in the country know how to protect themselves, their colleagues, and families from the threat of COVID-19,” the DOH said.
It said the handbook was created together with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the World Health Organization (WHO), and stakeholders from the different medical societies in the Philippines.
“This handbook will be updated as we compile the most recent evidence and policies relative to the workplace, as the COVID-19 pandemic progresses,” the DOH said.
The manual discusses rules on detection, testing, isolation, and tracing.
It also contains COVID-19 good practices for a safe work environment for different industries like manufacturing, banking and finance, construction, and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO).
The manual can be downloaded at https://covid19.healthypilipinas.ph/resources/educational-materials/workplace-handbook-on-covid-19-management-and-prevention-v1.
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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