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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC)
OF THE PHILIPPINES )
Third Regular Session ) 45 QT 1 246

Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREENO. 442, OR THE LABOR CODE OF
THE PHILIPPINES, BOOK IV, TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL TITLE ON
FAMILY WELFARE
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Constitution, Article 15, Section 1 provides: “The State recognizes the
Filipino family as the foundation of the nation. Accordingly, it shall strengthen its
solidarity and actively promote its total development.”

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has, for a long time now,
already shifted from “family planning” to the more popularly accepted and holistic
concept of “family welfare”. The present Family Welfare Program (FWP) being
promoted by DOLE has ten dimensions, of which Reproductive Health (RH) covering
family planning is merely one.

The present implementers of FWP are not limited to establishments employing
200 or more workers. Some small establishments have voluntarily or optionally
promoted family welfare at their workplaces.

The adoption of holistic, comprehensive, and multi-sectoral approaches and
strategies is imperative in integrating other welfare services (such as livelihood,
education, nutrition, spiritual/value formation, etc.) into the provisions of the Labor
Code.

Hence, the Labor Code provisions on family planning should be amended in

order to reflect the new program; however, the new provisions should be re-located


from Book LI (Conditions of Employment) to Book IV (Health, Safety, and Social

Welfare Benefits)."

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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) eet ie Serane
OF THE PHILIPPINES )
Third Regular Session ) 15 OCT -1 P2346
SENATE .
S.No.__2977 wey ‘i

Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, OR THE LABOR CODE OF
THE PHILIPPINES, BOOK IV, TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL TITLE ON
FAMILY WELFARE

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

SECTION 1. Presidential Decree No. 442 or the Labor Code of the Philippines,
Book IV, is hereby amended to include an additional title on Family Welfare, to read as
follows:

TITLE V — Employee Welfare Services
FAMILY WELFARE

ART. 211. Family welfare services. — Family welfare services for employees
shail include the following dimensions:

(1) Spirituality or Values Formation

(2) Responsible Parenthood;

(3) Nutrition;

(4) Education and Gender Equality;

(5) Medical Health Care;

(6) Income Generation;

(7) Environment Protection and Sanitation;

(8) Housing;

(9) Sports and Recreation; and

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(10) Transportation.

Establishments with 200 or more workers are required to set up family welfare
committees or other mechanisms that will provide family welfare services, which shall
include free natural family planning education, to their employees.

Establishments with less than 200 workers shall develop their own programs or
mechanisms to promote family welfare services, as may be appropriate in their own

circumstances.

SECTION 2. Separability Clause. — If any provision of this Act is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity and effectivity of the other

provisions hereof,

SECTION 3. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees, orders, and issuances, or
portions thereof, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby

repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SECTION 4. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after

its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

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