Senator Joel Villanueva on Wednesday lauded the Senate’s ratification of the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed law that would allow employees to opt for “telecommuting” or working from home. The bicam report emphasizes that telecommuting — a work arrangement that allows an employee in the private sector to work from an alternative workplace with the use of telecommunication and/or computer technologies — will remain as employers’ prerogative based on a mutual agreement. The senator said passage of the proposed measure is imperative in order to improve work environment and employees productivity in private companies. Villanueva however stressed that the telecommuting program must follow the labor standards despite being a voluntary option for workers. /kgaRELATED STORIESAs traffic worsens, bill allowing ‘work from home’ gets solons’ nodHouse OKs telecommuting act on final readingADVERTISEMENTRead Next

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 03, 2018 09:52 UTC