Bill Type
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Long Title
AN ACT REQUIRING MANDATORY DRUG TESTING FOR ALL APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT IN ANY GOVERNMENT OFFICE, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT-OWNE D OR -CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS, AND IN PRIVATE INDUSTRIES AND OFFICES, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR
Date filed
July 2, 2001
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 16, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT REQUIRING MANDATORY DRUG TESTING FOR ALL APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT IN ANY GOVERNMENT OFFICE, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT-OWNE D OR -CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS, AND IN PRIVATE INDUSTRIES AND OFFICES, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR | |
| ABSTRACT : This bill seeks to introduce a new approach to address the problem by requiring all applicants for employment, both in the government and in the private sector to undergo drug testing. Passing the drug testing is a mandatory requisite for employment. To give more teeth to the implementation of this proposed measure, this bill seeks to penalize persons responsible for hiring employees without passing the mandatory drug testing. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : LANOT, HENRY P. | |
| DATE FILED : 2001-07-02 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Ablan (004 ) | 2. Villareal (004 ) |
| 3. Espina (007 ) | 4. Zamora (010 ) |
| 5. Cuenco (011 ) | 6. Zialcita (017 ) |
| 7. Tulagan (023 ) | 8. Chipeco (031 ) |
| 9. Gordon (050 ) | 10. Celeste (052 ) |
| 11. Yumul-hermida (073 ) | 12. Syjuco (023 ) |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION ON 2001-07-24 |
Abstract
This bill seeks to introduce a new approach to address the problem by requiring all applicants for employment, both in the government and in the private sector to undergo drug testing. Passing the drug testing is a mandatory requisite for employment. To give more teeth to the implementation of this proposed measure, this bill seeks to penalize persons responsible for hiring employees without passing the mandatory drug testing.
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