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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Antonio "Sonny" F. Trillanes IV 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Women constitute more than half of the entire labor force in the country. They are 
employed in farms, service shops, government offices, and private establishments. 
Their valuable contribution to the local and national economy can not be denied vis-a-vis 
the traditional role they cany as mothers and caregivers in their respective families. 
In this light, women ought to be given by the State all support they need to be able to 
function fully as productive citizens of the country. Government owes them at least their 
education and welfare in the work place as mandated by the Constitution. 
This bill addresses the need of women working in big companies to function according to 
what are expected to them without having to suffer the stress brought about by leaving 
behind their little children to the care of other people. 
Studies show that a significant number of women in large, medium, and small companies 
are married or just have started raising children. It is therefore important that the State 
ensures that they perform well their dual role as mother and economic growth agents. 
This bill seeks to institutionalize the pulling-up of drop-in centers for non-school age 
children within vicinity or every private company which employs at least one hundred 
women workers, whether taking managerial, supervisory, or rank and file post. 
The establishment of the facility would be shouldered by the company and its 
maintenance will be shouldered by the same and the workers who will avail of its service. 
With the drop-in centers, women will be given the peace of mind that their children are 
proximate to them and given the needed professional attention. The presence of this 
facility could ensure work efficiency for women and would be by itself a revenue- 
generating project for the employees of the company or the company itself as the case 
may be. 
It is earnestly hoped that this bill would be approved the soonest. 
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"SONNY' F. TRILLANES IV 
Senator 
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Introduced by Senator Antonio ‘‘Sonny’’ F. Triilanes IV 
AN ACT 
AGE CHILDREN IN PRIVATE COMPANIES EMPLOYING AT LEAST ONE 
HUNDRED WOMEN WORKERS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
MANDATING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FACILITY FOR NON-SCHOOL 
SECTION 1. Short T’tle. - This Act shall be known as the “Mother-Child 
Friendly Facility Act of 2008”. 
SEC. 2. The State shall mandate every private company employing at least one 
hundred women to put up a drop-in facility for non-school age children in the workplace 
to ensure proper care of small children while their mothers are disposing of their 
professional duties in the companies. 
SEC. 3. The Department of Social welfare and Development, the Department of 
Health and the Department of Labor and Employment shall issue within sixty (60) days 
the necessary implementing rules and regulations in consultation with various national 
women’s groups and large private companies for the implementation of this Act. 
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at 
least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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