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. 2021 Aug 26;12(4):530–535. doi: 10.1016/j.shaw.2021.08.003

Table 3.

The presence of legal articles under which employers must protect the job security of workers from COVID-19 risk

Country Guaranteed paid leave during the period of such hospitalization, quarantine, or isolation May not dismiss, or otherwise treat unfavorably, employees with infectious risk Subside the cost of granting a paid leave for infected workers Ban on discrimination against workers either infected with infectious diseases or suspected of having symptoms Employment retention subsidies
India Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Indonesia Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Japan Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Malaysia Yes Yes Yes No No
New Zealand Yes No No No Yes
Republic of the Philippines Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Republic of Korea No Yes Yes No Yes
Taiwan No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Thailand Yes Yes Yes No Yes

Not indicated specifically all legal acts stipulated to protect job security of workers in several nation-level ministries.