Legislative History
House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 6031, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
FULL TITLE : AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE NEW LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
ABSTRACT : "New Labor Code of the Philippines". The proposed labor code reinforces the narrow orientation of the Constitution to afford full protection to labor based on employer- employee relationship. It seeks to achieve the following objectives, among others:>>a) to provde for a more effective regulation of recruitment and placement activities with the restoration of the regulatory functions of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration; >>b) to ensure humane conditions of work - increase the service incentive leave from 5 to 10 days, grant male workers paternity leave of 7 days with pay and grant the right to family and medical leave of 4 weeks without pay every every year when the worker and his family is suffering from serious illness;>>> and c) to afford workers the fullest possible exercise of their constitutional rights to self-organizati on, collective bargaining, peaceful concerted activities and the right to strike according to law. | |
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : BARINAGA, ROSELLER L. | |
DATE FILED : 2003-05-20 | |
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
CO-AUTHORS : | |
1. Lagman-luistro | 2. Torres |
3. Remulla | |
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
1. Codilla (076 ) | 2. Amin (076 ) |
3. De Venecia (077 ) | 4. Cari (004 ) |
ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
URGENT BILL? No | |
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ON 2003-05-26 |
Abstract
"New Labor Code of the Philippines". The proposed labor code reinforces the narrow orientation of the Constitution to afford full protection to labor based on employer- employee relationship. It seeks to achieve the following objectives, among others:>>a) to provde for a more effective regulation of recruitment and placement activities with the restoration of the regulatory functions of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration; >>b) to ensure humane conditions of work - increase the service incentive leave from 5 to 10 days, grant male workers paternity leave of 7 days with pay and grant the right to family and medical leave of 4 weeks without pay every every year when the worker and his family is suffering from serious illness;>>> and c) to afford workers the fullest possible exercise of their constitutional rights to self-organizati on, collective bargaining, peaceful concerted activities and the right to strike according to law.
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