FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
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Introduced by Senator Antonio “Sonny” F. Trillanes IV 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
One of the best values in employee benefits today is insurance. Providing insurance to 
employees is one notable means of prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of work- 
related illnesses. It alludes to an assurance of their safety and welfare. 
However, there are employees, despite of existing precautionary measures, who still 
suffer an injury in the line of duty which causes them to be unable to perform their duties. 
A prompt and an uncomplicated assistance are essentially needed when an employee 
experiences a disability. 
Considering the importance of offering such employees services and benefits that will 
protect them from the financial setbacks of a disability, this bill humbly acknowledges 
and understands the public employees undergoing such hardships who need 
accommodation without delay. 
In view of the foregoing, immediate approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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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 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING BENEFITS TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO SUFFER ANY 
INJURY IN THE LINE OF DUTY THAT LEADS TO DISABILATY 
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 the “Public Employee 
Disability Act of 2008”. 
SEC. 2. Definition of Term - For the purposes of this Act, the following terms 
shall mean: 
a) “eligible employee” - any part-time or full-time correctional officer or any other 
full or part-time employee of the Bureau of Corrections, any full or part-time 
employee of the Board of Pardons and Parole, any full or part-time employee 
working within a penal institution or a mental health or developinental disabilities 
facility, and any full-time law enforcement officer or full-time firefighter who is 
employed by the government, any unit of local government, any government- 
supported college or university, or any other public entity granted the power to 
employ persons for such purposes by law; 
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b) “permanently disableb‘ - a diagnosis or prognosis of an inability to return to 
current job duties by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its 
branches. 
SEC. 3. Disability Benefit. - a) Whenever an eligible employee suffers any injury 
in the line of duty which causes him to be unable to perform his duties, he shall continue 
to be paid by the employing public entity on the same basis as he was paid before the 
injury, with no deduction from his sick leave credits, compensatory time for overtime 
accumulations or vacation, or service credits in a public employee pension fund during 
the time he is unable to perform his duties due to the result of the injury, but not longer 
than one (1) year in relation to the same injury. However, no injury to an employee of the 
Bureau of Corrections or the Board of Pardons and Parole working within a penal 
institution or an employee working within a mental health or developmental disabilities 
facility shall qualify the employee for benefits under this Act unless the injury is the 
direct or indirect result of violence by inmates of the penal institution or residents of the 
mental health or developmental disabilities facility. 
(b) At any time during the period for which continuing compensation is required by this 
Act, the employing public entity may order at the expense of that entity physical or 
medical examinations of the injured person to determine the degree of disability. 
(c) During this period of disability, the injured person shall not be employed in any other 
manner, with or without monetary compensation. Any person who is employed in 
violation of this paragraph forfeits the continuing compensation provided by this Act 
from the time such employment begins. Any salary compensation due the injured person 
from workers’ compensation or any salary due him from any type of insurance which 
may be carried by the employing public entity shall revert to that entity during the time 
for which continuing compensation is paid to him under this Act. Any disabled person 
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receiving compensation under the provisions of this Act shall not be entitled to any 
benefits for which he would qualify because of his disability. 
(d) Any employee of the government who becomes permanently unable to perform the 
duties of such employment due to an injury received in the active performance of his 
duties as a government employee as a result of a willful act of violence by another 
employee of the government, committed during such other employee's course of 
employment, shall be eligible for benefits pursuant to the provisions of this Act. 
(e) The compensation and other benefits provided to part-time employees covered by this 
Act shall be calculated based on the percentage of time the part-time employee was 
scheduled to work pursuant to his or her status as a part-time employee. 
SEC. 4. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders or parts thereof 
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified 
accordingly. 
SEC. 5. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, other provisions not affected shall continue to be in full force and effect. 
SEC. 6. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
complete publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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