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“Under the IATF resolution … [certain] employers cannot have employees

come to work if they are not vaccinated,” Bello said, adding that the
government could shut down establishments and impose fines if they break
quarantine and endanger public health.

But “even if select establishments may refuse unvaccinated employees from

working by virtue of the IATF resolution, they cannot terminate their
workers even if unvaccinated. They cannot also withhold the salaries
already earned.”

“It is very clear that even if the employee cannot come to work, his status as
an employee continues. He cannot be fired for the reason that he is not
vaccinated,” the labor chief said.

“You cannot dismiss or terminate the services of any worker because of his
not being vaccinated. You’re not firing him, but only telling him not to
report to work and this will result in ‘no vaccine, no pay’ because ‘no work
no pay,’” Bello insisted, echoing a principle enshrined in labor law.

At any rate, Bello said quarantine rules were fluid and may change within
weeks because of the decreasing number of cases in Metro Manila due to
the government’s vaccination program.

“The protocol is good for 15 days (until Oct. 30). Maybe by next week this
will be changed,” he said.

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