Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE)

23 October 2023 Dear Abigail Sito, Thank you for your request dated Oct. 24, 2023, 02:35:15 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Anent your concern, the management of the District Hospital you are working for may have considered your pregnancy as a possible condition that may limit your function as a nurse. The "Fit to work" or "fitness to work" is a medical assessment done when an employer wishes to determine medically, whether the employee can safely do a specific job or task under the prevailing working conditions. However, from an OH perspective, the management may still assign you to an area as an outpatient department wherein CPR is not a usual procedure. For any issues arising from this, you may seek the guidance of the CSC on the matter. Further, if you are agency-paid and you have SSS contributions, you may avail of the Expanded Maternity Benefit of 105 days which will keep you afloat while on leave. Our responses were made based only on the facts that were presented. This opinion shall not be used in any administrative or court proceedings as this may change based on any undisclosed information vital to the issues presented. Help us to continuously improve our FOI Program Implementation by completing the DOLE-FOI Request Feedback Form through this link: bit.ly/DOLE-FOIFeedbackForm. Thank you. Respectfully, Mark Valeros FOI Receiving Officer