DOLE allows hiring of 1K more contact tracers after seeing surge in job applicants

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An additional 1,000 contact tracers will be hired via the Department of Labor and Employment’s Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers program, Secretary Silvestre Bello III s

aid on Friday, April 23.

Bello, in the department’s virtual press briefing Friday, said some P65 million will be added to the erstwhile TUPAD budget of P231 million to reflect the increase from 5,000 to 6,000 workers. The salary for each worker is P16,000 a month, for three months. Contact tracing is key in controlling the spread of the dreaded coronavirus disease , especially with the recent surge of infections in the metropolis.

He noted that the additional 1,000 will be chosen from the surplus of applicants. The application period ran from April 17 to 22.

 

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