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The chair of the House Committee on Labor and Employment on Tuesday urged employers to fully support the flexible working arrangements made possible by the law following the publication of the updated implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 11165, also known as the Telecommuting Act of 2018, or IRR.

“We anticipate that more firms will offer flexible work schedules to their employees now that the extended telecommuting law requirements have been published. A happy worker is a productive worker, according to a popular saying, “Rep. Fidel Nograles of the Rizal 4th District noted.

“All parties will benefit if we can provide our employees the chance to spend more time with their families while maintaining productivity, he said.

Using Department Order No. 237, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) published the updated IRR of the Telecommuting statute on September 16.

According to the DOLE, the new IRR was produced in response to how the nature of work has changed due to the Covid-19 epidemic, particularly with the increased use of work-from-home and other alternative working arrangements.

Work completed in an alternate setting must be treated equally to work completed in the usual workplace or in the employers’ offices under the amended IRR.

Only when it is impossible to verify a worker’s real work hours with reasonable certainty will they be classified as field personnel.

According to the IRR, telecommuting employees and those who work in traditional offices should have the same privileges and benefits, including access to training programs, possibilities for career advancement, the right to collective bargaining, and coverage of business rules and guidelines.

The IRR states that a telecommuting employee must meet the same performance criteria and have a workload comparable to that of comparable employees working at the employer’s location. However, the parties can concur upon different performance criteria that would be more suitable given the employee’s location.

Nograles stated that given the ongoing increase in the cost of products and the issues with public transportation, the issuance of the amended IRR is appropriate.

“Time lost in traffic results in lost earnings and productivity. The expert claimed that if more businesses adopted alternative working policies, they might boost productivity and even assist their staff in adjusting to the growing cost of goods. “Everyone involved will win with this arrangement,”

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