Philippines Legal & Tax Updates During the COVID-19 Crisis

This publication is part of our series focusing on Corporate Insolvency Regime in consideration of the COVID-19 outbreak in Southeast Asian countries. Given the present global situation, rehabilitation of businesses is a primary concern in order to help resuscitate ailing sectors of national economies. A clear and comprehensive understanding of insolvency laws across the region...

The Department of Labor and Employment (“DOLE”) issued Labor Advisory Nos. 17 and 18 dated 16 May 2020 containing guidelines on employment preservation upon the resumption of business operations as well as guidelines on the cost of COVID-19 prevention and control measures, respectively. Read the analysis of DFDL’s collaborating firm in the Philippines, Ocampo &...

The Department of Health (“DOH”) and the National Privacy Commission (“NPC”) issued Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2020-0002 providing for guidelines on the application of data protection and data privacy principles in the collection, processing, and disclosure of COVID- 19 data. This alert sets forth its salient features. Download the full alert now: Contact Atty. Karen...

The COVID-19 Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (“IATF“) provided guidelines on the conduct of activities in areas covered by the Enhaned Community Quarantine (“ECQ“) and those areas under General Community Quarantine (“GCQ“). This alert summarizes the guidelines. This alert also summarizes regulations imposed by the Department of Labor and Employment’s...