Bill Type
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Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA FOR THE INFORMAL SECTOR, INSTITUTIONALIZING MECHANISM FOR IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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Date filed
July 1, 2004
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00085 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA FOR THE INFORMAL SECTOR, INSTITUTIONALIZING MECHANISM FOR IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| SHORT TITLE : Magna Carta for the Informal Sector | |
| ABSTRACT : "Magna Carta for the Informal Sector". "Informal sector" refers to a specific sector in the economy where most of the participants are categorized as "unregistered, undocumented, untaxed, uninsured, disorganized and doing irregular economic activities". The informal sector comprises almost half of the country's total workforce. The proposed Code seeks to introduce an integrated, holistic and comprehensive policy instrument which shall serve as the springboard for the informal sector to join the mainstream of the Philippine economy. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ANGARA, JUAN EDGARDO M. | |
| DATE FILED : 2004-07-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Amin (006 ) | 2. Abayon (015 ) |
| 3. Nantes (063 ) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ON 2004-11-08 | |
| PREVIOUS COMMITTEE REFERRALS :PRIMARILY REFERRED TO TRADE AND INDUSTRY on 2004-07-27;SECONDARILY REFERRED TO LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT on 2004-07-27; |
Abstract
"Magna Carta for the Informal Sector". "Informal sector" refers to a specific sector in the economy where most of the participants are categorized as "unregistered, undocumented, untaxed, uninsured, disorganized and doing irregular economic activities". The informal sector comprises almost half of the country's total workforce. The proposed Code seeks to introduce an integrated, holistic and comprehensive policy instrument which shall serve as the springboard for the informal sector to join the mainstream of the Philippine economy.'
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