"DOLE pleads with employers to pay workers displaced by quarantine", 12 April 2020

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III appealed to employers to pay their workers even though work has been suspended for many due to the enhanced community quarantine of Luzon, which has been extended to April 30.

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In a statement, the labor secretary said more than a million workers have been affected by business closures and by flexible work arrangements since the quarantine was imposed in March. He said 98% of around 42,000 businesses are seeking the one-time P5,000 per worker financial assistance from the labor department's COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program.

Broken down by region, the Metro Manila had the most displaced workers at 246,810 followed by Central Luzon at 179,875 and Calabarzon (4-A) with 99,178.

The following regions also have high numbers of displaced workers:

• Davao region - 90,414
• Cagayan Valley - 75,189
• Central Visayas - 51,150
• Cordillera Administrative Region - 46,614
• Northern Mindanao - 46,351
• Bicol Region - 41,322
• Western Visayas - 36,526
• Mimaropa (4-B) - 30,721 workers

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Most of the workers belong to the manufacturing, hotel, restaurants and tourism-related sectors, and to the education sector.

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A separate program for workers in the informal sector—Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/ Displaced Workers Program-Barangay Ko, Bahay ko—has assisted around 138,000 and processed a total of 235,949 beneficiaries under the program, Director Karen Trayvilla of the Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns, said.