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Industry Briefing: Post-ECQ, The New Normal for Workplace Safety

Date: May 5, 2020 | 2pm to 4pm 

via Microsoft Teams

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PHL office sector to benefit when BPOs bounce back after virus

THE office space sector is seen to show some resilience amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, as the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry is expected to grow once more after the crisis ends.

Real estate service provider Santos Knight Frank, Inc. sees the Philippines benefiting when foreign companies turn to outsourcing to reduce costs post-COVID-19.

[Read more in BusinessWorld]

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PH software firms create health info platform for contact tracing

Two local software companies have banded together to create a health information exchange information platform that will allow contact tracing in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

[Read more in Newsbytes]

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COVID Diaries No.20: BPO Workers Are Our Hidden Frontliners

"Hindi nga ba kami essential? Ang services ba na binibigay namin ay hindi ganoon kahalaga?"

The Philippines has over 1 million BPO employees. "Midnight" shares the struggles of his industry and acknowledges the efforts of "hidden frontliners" whose services we are reliant on.

[Listen to the Podcast]

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BPO sector seen to help temper downturn

With the COVID-19 pandemic widely expected to cause a global recession, the Philippine business process outsourcing (BPO) sector can be part of the solution to counter the downturn, just like how it had stepped up to the plate during the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, the chief of Leechiu Property Consultants (LPC) said.

[Read more at Inquirer.net] 

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Our BPO workers are essential in this pandemic

We've passed the second week of the Luzon-wide Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), and we BPO workers have already transitioned to work-at-home arrangements, working in shifts following company and government directives.

We’ve been busy helping our counterparts in the Visayas and Mindanao prepare for their own lockdown experiences. After all, we who are first to face difficulties should do everything to ensure that those who will inevitably follow are better equipped to face their trials.

[Read more on Rappler]