The information technology-business process outsourcing (IT-BPO) sector was expecting an extension of allowed work-from-home (WFH) arrangements due to the Covid-19 surge. They were caught off guard, however, when the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) and the Fiscal Incentives Review Board respectively issued PEZA Memorandum Circular 2021-049 and FIRB Resolution 19-21.
The issuances, which extended the WFH arrangement to March 31, 2022, also clarified conditions for such, one of which is a 90-percent cap on employees allowed to work from home from September 13, 2021 to December 31, 2021. This will be reduced to 75 percent of the total workforce from January 1, 2022 until March 31, 2022 except in cases where the government declares a state of calamity, in which case the sector will revert to the 90-percent cap.
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