CSC Guidelines for COVID-19 Related Absences

Employers will process the applications for their employees.

To be qualified:

• Must be an employee of an eligible small business.
• Must be employed and active as of March 1, 2020 but unable to work due to the ECQ.
• Did not get paid by their employer for at least two weeks during the temporary closure or suspension of work in accordance with Labor Advisory No. 1, Series of 2020.
• Can be of any contract status (e.g., regular, probationary, regular seasonal, project-based, fixed-term).
• Must be certified by the employer in the application as having met all the above criteria.
• Priority will be given to employees that are BIR and SSS-registered and compliant SSS and BIR regulations.
• Employees who have received a subsidy from the Department of Labor and Employment's COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) shall be eligible for only the first month of the SBWS to avoid duplication.

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