FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
) 
SENATE 
S. No. 1027 
Introduced by Senator Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
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Service to the nation is the primary concern of each government 
employee, Although the pay is low the employees are content knowing that 
they are contributing to the betterment of our nation. It is usually this sense 
of altruism that pushes one to engage in public service. To date, the 
government remains to be the single biggest employer. Despite this fact, 
the government continues to recruit the best individuals in their respective 
fields. In order to entice and lure these individuals into government service 
it is incumbent upon the government to promote the welfare of its public 
servants in all ways possible. The protection of its public servants should 
be its paramount interest. 
In the past, many instances have occurred whereby a number of 
government employees have been killed or hurt in the pursuance of their 
duties. In most of these cases, the families of the deceased were unable to 
accord their departed relatives a descent 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 'hazard pay especially in cases where they 
are assigned to hazardous areas, 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, 
MA 
Senator 
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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
S. No. 1027 
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) 
) 
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Introduced by Senator Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid 
AN ACT 
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GRANTING 
HAZARD 
PAY· TO 
COVERED 
EMPLOYEES 
OF 
THE 
GOVERNMENT AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 of the responsibilities pertaining 
to their positions. 
SEC. 2. 
Hazard Pay. - ~II employees and officials of the Government shall 
be paid hazard pay when stationed or assigned to work in or under the following 
circumstances/conditions: 
(a) 
hazardous or less hazardous areas that 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; 
(c) 
x-ray units, clinics, laboratories, sanitaria, leprosaria and other 
similar 
stations which offer risks to health and safety due to exposure to radiation, contagious 
diseases and volcanic activity; 
(d) 
institutions that tend or care for mentally-deranged patients; 
(e) 
places that are subject to depredation by criminal elements as those in 
prison reservations and penal colonies without adequate pOlice protection; 
(f) 
plants and instaliations of the arsenal 
(g) 
aboard aircraft and wa\ercraft in crossing bodies of water; 
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(h) 
other similar work conditions which the DBM shall consider hazardous on 
the basis of exposure to environmental, health and social risks. 
SEC. 3. 
Coverage. - ThE? benefits provided herein are payable to all officials 
and employees who have rendered at least one (1) year of continuous and faithful 
government service. 
SEC. 4. 
Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). - The Department of 
Budget and management shall issue the necessary rules and regulations to implement 
the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 5. 
Funding. - The funds to implements this Act shall be included in 
the General Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 6. 
Separability Clause. - If, for any reason, any provision of this Act 
is declared to be unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions hereof which are not 
affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect. 
SEC. 7. 
Repealing Clause. -
All laws, decrees, orders, rules and 
regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby 
repealed, amended or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 8. 
Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
complete publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general 
circulation. 
Approved, 
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