DAVAO City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio clarified there is no policy that states unvaccinated government employees will not receive bonuses but rather they will not be prioritized for renewal.
During the Special Hours with Mayor Inday Sara Duterte program of Davao City Disaster Radio on November 29, 2021, the mayor said that vaccinated government employees will be prioritized for renewal beginning January 1, 2022.
“They (unvaccinated) will not be prioritized for hiring sa January, particularly kining mga job orders (especially the job orders),” she said. “Sa atoang admin, ang permanent employees nato, naa nay gi-release na legal opinion na they can be reprimanded under the City Government of Davao kung dili sila magpabakuna (For permanent employees, a legal opinion has been release where it states that they can be reprimanded by the city government if they are unvaccinated).”
The local government unit of Davao released last September 16, 2021 Executive Order 45, Series of 2021 that mandates Covid-19 vaccination for all City Government employees of Davao, including plantilla, job order, contract of service, and volunteer employees.
But the mayor said that some government employees may be exempted from the executive order provided that they are endorsed by the vaccine cluster head for exclusion in the vaccination.
“We also allow exclusion or exemptions sa vaccination provided that isa ka didto sa nasulod sa Department of Health (DOH) na guideline na dili pwede bakunahan (you meet DOH’s guidelines on who are exempted from being vaccinated),” Duterte-Carpio said.
Earlier, the mayor explained that the Executive Order 45 does not contradict the Labor Advisory 3 of the Department of Labor and Employment that protects employees from discrimination from refusing to be vaccinated.
