REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
‘Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
930

House Bill No.

Introduced by MAGDALO Party-List Representative
HON. MANUEL DG. CABOCHAN DI

EXPLANATORY NOTE

In the past, a number of goverment employees have been harmed, and worse, killed in
pursuance of their duties. More often than not, the families of the deceased have been unable
to afford their departed relatives a decent burial, to say the least. Thus, it is only fitting that
they be provided compensation for the risks connected with their duties,

This bill is being proposed in order to provide all officials and employees of the government
a hazard pay especially in cases where they are assigned to hazardous, isolated and
inaccessible areas, x-ray units, institutions that care for the mentally deranged, places that are
subject to depredation by criminal elements, plants and installations of the arsenal, aboard
aircrafts and watercrafts in crossing bodies of water and other similar situations.

In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this measure is earnestly requested.

CHAN IIT
Representi
Magdalo Para Sa Pilipino Party-List


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bil No, _ 930

Introduced by MAGDALO Party-List Representative
HON. MANUEL DG. CABOCHAN IIL

AN ACT
GRANTING HAZARD PAY TO COVERED EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State to
protect and promote the welfare of public servants by providing them with additional
compensation taking into account the nature oftheir responsibilities and exposure to hazard or
possible dangers pertaining to their positions.

SEC. 2. Hazard Pay.- All employees and officials of the Government shall be
paidhazard pay when stationed or assigned to work in or under the following
circumstances/conditions:

a) Hazardous or less hazardous areas, as may be declared as such by the Secretary of
‘National Defense;

b) Difficult areas or hardship posts characterized by distance, inconvenience of travel
due to bad roads and conditions of the terrain, isolation, inaccessibility and
extreme weather conditions;

©) X-ray units, clinics, laboratories, sanitaria, leprosaria, observation posts and other
similar stations which offer risks to health and safety due to exposure to radiation,
contagious diseases and volcanic activity;

4) Institutions that tend or care for mentally-deranged patients;

©) Places that are subject to depredation by criminal elements as those in prison
reservations and penal colonies without adequate police protection;

f) Plants and installations of the arsenal;

g) Aboard aircraft and watercraft in crossing bodies of water; and


h) Other similar work conditions which the Department of Budget and Management
(DBM) shall consider hazardous on the basis of exposure to environment, health
and social risks.

SEC. 3. Coverage.- The benefits provided herein are payable to all government
officials and employees who are exposed to the conditions mentioned in section 2 regardless
of their status or the nature of their appointment.This Act may also apply to government
employees receiving similar benefits under existing laws, decrees and/or orders;Provided,
That the covered employees shall be entitled to only one such pay or benefit, whether the
hazard pay provided herein or the benefits provided under the existing laws, decrees and/or
laws, whichever is higher.

SEC. 4. Implementing Rules and Regulations.-The Civil Service Commission
(CSC), in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), shall
promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

SEC. 5. Appropriations.-The amount necessary for the effective implementation of
this act shall be charged against the appropriations of the respective government agencies
where the covered government officials and employees are employed and hereinafter shall be
included in the General Appropriations Act (GAA) every year after its enactment into law.

SEC. 6. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication
in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,