MANILA, Philippines — Starting Dec. 1, the “no work, no pay” rule may be applied to unvaccinated employees who are required to work on-site but refuse to undergo mandatory regular testing for COVID-19, according to a labor official. ADVERTISEMENTBy Dec. 1, the IATF said, all unvaccinated workers must undergo RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) testing at their own expense regularly or at least once every two weeks, to be able to work on-site. 11525, or the COVID-19 vaccination program law passed last February, vaccination cards were not mandatory for employment. “There must still be special lanes for those who are not yet fully vaccinated,” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said. As of Nov. 21, there were a total of 5,066,764 senior citizens and 7,971,211 people with comorbidities considered to be fully vaccinated.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 23, 2021 15:47 UTC