Health workers’ group rejects compressed workweek, seeks pay hike

2026-03-16 - 10:44

MANILA, Philippines—A group of health-care workers on Monday criticized the four-day workweek policy recently implemented across various government offices, saying that the measure will only increase the burden of employees in the health sector. In a statement, the Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) said policies enforcing a compressed workweek and other cost-cutting measures “are nothing