Private sector stabs govt in the back

Jobless PIC. PHATSIMO KAPENG
Jobless PIC. PHATSIMO KAPENG

Unionists say at least 20,000 workers have already been fired or put on unpaid leave, as the economy sheds jobs despite government unveiling wage subsidies, loan guarantees and tax concessions worth up to P3 billion to beat the coronavirus.

Ahead of today’s lockdown, leaked internal memos from several companies showed that workers were being put on unpaid leave, or having their contracts terminated under the “no work, no pay” policy. While the tourism sector has been hardest hit by the coronavirus, jobs cuts have occurred at even seemingly insulated sectors such as government-sponsored educational institutions.

A wave of suspicious retrenchments has been created, angering the State which is bearing the brunt of measures to support jobs and the economy.

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