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Working Along the Pandemic in Philippines

One of the most life-altering changes that COVID-19 pandemic brought into this world is the work from home setup. In The Philippines such work from home arrangement was initiated quite early with the Telecommuting Act that its government passed into a law in December 2018, that allowed employers to approve work from home for their employees. As per a study, call center jobs in Philippines were among the biggest employments that let employees work from home during quarantine that came into force in March 2020. Call centers, other outsourced business operations are crucial to the economy of Philippines as they are estimated to account for 9% of its GDP. However, the arrangement of work from home in Philippines was questioned due to its connectivity issues as the country holds the slowest internet speed in Asia Pacific. Slow internet connection has become a major issue in the country especially when seen through the framework of work from setup. For fixed broadband, the Philippines has an