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The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) on Tuesday backed the government's decision to affirm the end-March work-from-home deadline for information technology-business process outsourcing (IT-BPO) firms.

"In the case of BPOs, while I understand their concern, the rest of the economy has already shifted to working back in the office," NEDA Secretary Karl Chua said in a virtual briefing.

"I also understand that the legal basis for providing incentives to BPOs is that they should be situated in an economic zone. I am not certain if homes of workers are economic zones. I think we will have to look at this from this perspective," he added

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