Thursday, September 20, 2007
Bill - Hon. Jesus Kristian King P. Calugay
Republic of the Philippines
Third Youth Congress
Baguio City
Third Youth CONGRESS
First Regular Session
House Bill No. ____
Introduce by Honorable Jesus Kristian King P. Calugay
An Act to Condense Daily Expenses of Employees, Amending Article 83 of THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Short title. This act shall be known as “Condense Daily Expenses of Employees”.
SECTION 2. Declaration of Principles.
a.) Employees’ working days shall be reduced by one day to condense their daily expenditure.
b.) To compensate, the eight (8) hours of working time due to the deduction of one (1) day shall be divided and evenly distributed resulting to ten (10) hours of working time for four (4) days a week.
SECTION 3. ART. 83. Normal hours of work of the THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES is hereby amended to read as follows:
“ART. 83. Normal hours of work. - The normal hours of work of any employee shall not exceed ten (10) hours a day.
Health personnel in cities and municipalities with a population of at least one million (1,000,000) or in hospitals and clinics with a bed capacity of at least one hundred (100) shall hold regular office hours for ten (10) hours a day, for four (4) days a week, exclusive of time for meals, except where the exigencies of the service require that such personnel work for five (5) days or forty-eight (48) hours, in which case, they shall be entitled to an additional compensation of at least thirty percent (30%) of their regular wage for work on the fifth day. For purposes of this Article, "health personnel" shall include resident physicians, nurses, nutritionists, dietitians, pharmacists, social workers, laboratory technicians, paramedical technicians, psychologists, midwives, attendants and all other hospital or clinic personnel.”
SEC 2. Repealing Clause. -All other provisions, law, decrees, executed
orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof contrary to, or inconsistent with this
Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SECTION 3. Separability of Provisions. – If any part, section or provision of
this Act shall be held invalid or unconstitutional, no other part, section or provision shall
be affected thereby.
SEC 4. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days upon its approval ad
publication or in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,
Republic of the Philippines
Third Youth Congress
Baguio City
Third Youth CONGRESS
First Regular Session
House Bill No. ____
Introduced by Honorable Jesus Kristian King P. Calugay
Explanatory Note
Today, daily expenses reached extravagant proportions. The typical working Filipino who goes to work everyday for 8 hours a day, five of six days a week, has a estimated average of P. 150.00 (One-hundred fifty pesos) daily for his transportation fare and other related expenses.
To effectively address this problem, there should be a counter measure to this consumption and help aid the employees without creating distortion between the worker and their employer.
This bill, therefore, seeks to reduce the average working days of employees from five days to four days a week. And for those who are required to work for 6 days, they’ll only have to go to work for 5 days. To compensate the cut of working days the average working hours of employees shall be extended from eight (8) hours to ten (10) hours a day.
For this reason, the immediate approval of this bill is earnestly sought.
Jesus Kristian King P. Calugay
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