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FULL TITLE : AN ACT STRENGTHENING COMPLIANCE WITH OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF
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Date filed
June 30, 2016
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Legislative History
House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00080 | |
FULL TITLE : AN ACT STRENGTHENING COMPLIANCE WITH OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF | |
ABSTRACT : Seeks to criminalize non-compliance with occupational safety and health (OSH) standards as they have done in countries like Singapore and the United States of America, where significant compliance to the OSH regulations corresponds to less accidents and injuries to workers; makes any employer directly responsible for an employee"s injury or death due to the violation of these standards, which responsibility is extended to payment of required penalties to the State Insurance Fund. | |
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : AGLIPAY-VILLAR, EMMELINE | |
DATE FILED : 2016-06-30 | |
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
NATURE : Reform | |
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
1. Villar (007 2016-08-08) | 2. Batocabe (083 2017-03-15) |
3. Co (084 2017-05-02) | 4. Relampagos (015 2017-08-29) |
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
MOTHER BILL: HB00064 | |
CONSOLIDATED WITH: HB01044, HB01676 | |
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ON 2016-07-26 |
Abstract
Seeks to criminalize non-compliance with occupational safety and health (OSH) standards as they have done in countries like Singapore and the United States of America, where significant compliance to the OSH regulations corresponds to less accidents and injuries to workers; makes any employer directly responsible for an employee"s injury or death due to the violation of these standards, which responsibility is extended to payment of required penalties to the State Insurance Fund
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