EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
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Introduced by SENATOR JOEL VILLANUEVA
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA FOR WORKERS IN 
THE INFORMAL ECONOMY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The International Labour Organization (ILO) defines the informal economy as 
consisting of dependent, self-employed small-scale producers and distributors of 
goods and services,”1 or workers who are not, or are otherwise insufficiently, covered 
by formal work arrangements.2 In a survey conducted In 2008, the then National 
Statistics Office (NSO) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for 
Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) found that there were approximately 10.5 million 
informal sector operators in the Philippines.3
In 2017, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) estimates that there are about 
14.3 million informal or self-employed workers nationwide. This number represents 
more than one third of the estimated 40.83 million workforce In the country in 2017.4
The contribution of workers from the Informal economy to the overall economic 
health of the country cannot be gainsaid. The informal economy allows for the creation 
and production of economic opportunities, most especially for those who cannot 
integrate Into the formal economy.5 Regrettably however, while the informal economy 
serves as a real driving force of the country’s economy, the workers and actors in the 
informal economy remain largely “not covered by the country’s labor laws and
1 
Informal Economy In the Philippines. Intemationai Labour Organization. Available at 
https://www.ilo.org/maniia/areasofwork/informal-economy/Iang-en/index.htm (date last accessed: July 21,2020).
2 Magna Carta of Workers in the Informal Economy. Philippine Commission on Women. Available at 
https://www.pcw.gov.ph/wpla/-magna-carta-workers-informal-economy (date last accessed: July 21,2020).
3 Informal sector operators counted at 10.5 million (Resuits from the 2008 Informal Sector Survey). Philippine 
Statistics Authority. Available at https://psa.gov.ph/content/informal-sector-operators-counted-105-miliion-results- 
2008-informal-sector-survey (date last accessed: July 21,2020).
A 2019, March 28. Government ‘blind’ to informai workers’ tme numbers. Business Mirror. Available at 
https://businessmirror.com.ph/2019/03/28/govemment-biind-to-informal-workers-true-numbers/ (date iast 
accessed: Juiy 21,2020).
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regulations.” In simpler terms, the informal economy as a whole has little protection 
from the law.
This paradox is highlighted even more in the face of the Constitutional 
prescriptions requiring the State to “promote a just and dynamic social order that will... 
free the people from poverty through policies that provide adequate social services, 
promote full employment, a rising standard of living, and an improved quality of life for 
all”:6 or “protect the rights of the workers and promote their welfare”;7 or “afford full 
protection to labor.”8
Thus, the proposed bill, among others, seeks to remedy this shortcoming in our 
legal system by affirming and establishing as a matter of law the rights, protection, and 
security afforded to workers and economic units in the informal sector. Including rights 
and labor standards guaranteed to all workers and the entire labor force under the 
Constitution and relevant labor laws.
The proposed bill likewise affirms and protects the right of the informal sector 
workers to organize and perform legitimate activities as an organization. Additionally, 
it directs key government agencies to support and institutionalize social security 
measures and protection for the Informal sector. The proposed bill seeks to afford the 
informal workers, economic units, and own-account workers preferential treatments, 
policy and Infrastructure support, and measures intended to help the informal sector 
thrive and flourish as a successful and formidable economic force. This includes 
capacity-building for own-account workers to access e-marketing facilities that will 
especially remove middle men in the transaction and facilitating the sale of produce or 
products directly to the consumers. Our experience during the Enhanced Community 
Quarantine (ECQ) has greatly emphasized the need to directly connect these workers 
to the consumers in order to facilitate the continuous movement and sale of goods and 
products.
Lastly, this bill also mandates the Department of Social Welfare and 
Development (DSWD), in coordination with the Department of Interior and Local 
Government (DILG), Department of Information and Communications Technology 
(DICT), DOLE, and other appropriate government agencies, to establish a system of 
registration of workers in the informal economy, all economic units and informal 
economy organizations/associations. The need for such a registry has been all the 
more highlighted by the alleged chaotic recent distribution of financial assistance 
during the ECQ..
In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill Is earnestly sought.
SENATOFMOEL VILLANUEVA
6 Constitution, Article II, Section 9.
7 Id., Section 18.
8 Id.. Article XIII, Section 3.


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Second Regular Session
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Introduced by SENATOR JOEL VILLANUEVA
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA FOR WORKERS IN 
THE INFORMAL ECONOMY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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Chapter I
GENERAL PRINCIPLES
SECTION. 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Magna Carta for Workers
in the Informal Economy.”
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State to:
(a) 
Promote a just and dynamic social order that shall ensure the prosperity and 
independence of the nation, and free the people from poverty through policies 
that provide adequate social services, promote decent and environmentally 
sound and full employment, a rising standard of living, and an Improved quality 
of life for all;
(b) 
Protect, promote, and fulfill the rights of every worker, including gender equity, 
non-discrimination, the right to self-organization, just and humane conditions of 
work, access to social protection programs and services, access to justice, 
security of and in the workplaces, and the right to represent their organizations 
in a continuing process of consultation, social dialogue, and tripartite bodies; and
(c) 
Establish an integrated and coherent policy, at all levels of government, of 
formalization of informal economic units and Informal economy workers, and 
make them visible in all relevant national and local statistics.
SEC. 3. Coverage. - This Act shall apply to all workers and economic units, including
enterprises, entrepreneurs, and households in the informal economy, in particular:


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(a) 
The self-employed workers, own-account workers and employers, members of 
cooperatives, and members of other social and solidarity economy units;
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Home-based workers or contributing family workers, irrespective of whether they 
work in economic units in the formal or informal economy;
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Employees holding informal jobs In or for formal enterprises, or for economic 
units in the informal economy, including those in contract arrangement and/or in 
supply chains, or as paid domestic workers employed by households;
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Workers in unrecognized or unregulated employment relationships;
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Agricultural workers or fisherfolk in unrecognized or unregulated agricultural or 
farming endeavors and fishing activities; and
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Non-regular domestic workers.
SEC. 4. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act, the following terms shall mean;
(a) 
“Informal Economy” refers to all economic activities by workers and economic 
units that are, in law or in practice, not covered or insufficiently covered by formal 
arrangements;
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“Economic Units In the Informal Economy” include, but not limited, to, units that 
employ hired labor, units that are owned by individuals working on their own 
account, either alone or with the help or contributing family workers, cooperatives 
and other social and solidarity economy units, and informal work that may be 
found across all sectors of the economy, in households, as well as public and 
private spaces;
(c) 
“Informal Economy Workers’ Organization” refers to a group of Informal sector 
workers, whether formally constituted or otherwise, that are organized with the 
primary objective of promoting the rights and welfare of workers in the informal 
economy;
(d) 
“Informal Employment” refers to an employment arrangement in the formal or 
informal sector or in households that exists, either based on casual employment, 
kinship, or personal and social relations with no formal guarantees on legal 
protection and social protection benefits;
(e) 
“Own-account worker” refers to workers who, working on their own account or 
with one or more partners, hold the type of job defined as a self-employed job, 
and have not engaged, on a continuous basis, any employee to work for them 
during the reference period;
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“Security of and in the Workplace" refers to the right of every worker and Informal 
economic units to an enabling environment that guarantees and protects the 
spaces to undertake their work, including the right to be safe In one’s own work 
space, security of tenure and freedom from discrimination, risk, danger, doubt, 
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(g) 
“Social Protection” refers to policies and programs that seek to reduce poverty 
and vulnerability to risks and enhance the social status of the marginalized by 
promoting and protecting livelihood and employment, protecting against hazards 
and sudden loss of income, and improving people’s capacity to manage risk, as 
well as all other interventions that support communities, households, and 
individuals, both women and men, and realizing their rights as citizens through 
their full participation In decision-making affecting or which may affect their 
access to and control over resources necessary to maintain and sustain a decent 
and secure life;
(h) 
“Social and Solidarity Economy Units” refers to enterprises and organizations, 
including cooperatives as defined under Republic Act No. 9520, otherwise known 
as the Philippine Cooperative Code of 2008, mutual benefit societies, 
associations, foundations, and social enterprises which produce goods, services, 
and knowledge that meet the needs of the community they serve, through the 
pursuit of specific social ahd environmental objectives and the fostering of 
solidarity.
Chapter II
RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
SEC. 5. Rights and Benefits of Workers in the Informal Economy. - Workers 
in the Informal economy shall be entitled to all the rights accorded to workers by the 
Philippine Constitution, the Labor Code of the Philippines, as amended, and relevant 
international human rights instruments and International labor standards. Accordingly, 
the State shall guarantee all workers In the informal economy the following:
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Right to security of and in the workplace;
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Right to make a living by work freely chosen or accepted;
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Right to just and favorable conditions of work, including provision for work-life 
balance, child care, and other facilities;
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Right to a living wage and equal remuneration for work of equal value without 
distinction of any kind, especially for women who shall be guaranteed equal 
wages for work similar or equivalent to those done by men;
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Right to equal opportunity for promotion, subject to no other considerations than 
seniority and competence;
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Right to safe and healthy working conditions safeguarding general, occupational, 
and reproductive health;
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Right to basic services, including affordable medical care, reproductive and other 
health services, low-cost housing, water, sanitation, cheap and affordable 
electricity, and efficient and effective transportation system;
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(i) Right to maternity and paternity benefits, as provided for by law;
0) Right to equal access to education, skills training, and economic resources to 
develop self-reliance, especially for the youth, without any discrimination;
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Right to self-organization and to collectively negotiate with government and other 
entities In the promotion of their welfare and in the advancement of their interests, 
free from any political interference:
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Right to adequate food, clothing, shelter and standard of living, and the 
continuous improvement of such standard;
(m) Right to be free from any form of discrimination, violence, exploitation, including 
sexual exploitation, harassment, abuse, and any form of inhumane treatment 
which debases, degrades, or demeans the intrinsic worth and dignity of the 
worker as a human being;
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Right to accessible social protection and safety nets, labor market programs, and 
social welfare interventions such as social security, health care, and 
insurance;
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Right to participate in policy and decision-making processes and social dialogue, 
including access to information and resources relevant to the promotion and 
protection of their rights and welfare; and
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Right to equal and equitable access to justice for redress of grievances, including 
alternative dispute resolution processes.
SEC. 6. Rights and Benefits of Own-Account Workers. - In addition to the rights 
of workers In the informal economy, own-account workers, as well as informal 
economic units, being the working poor’s primary instruments to address and 
overcome poverty, shall be accorded preferential rights by the State over the following:
(a) 
Infrastructure support, such as farm to market roads, common, affordable, and 
secure workplaces and facilities, merchandising centers, farmers’ markets or 
bagsakan with proper storage facilities, and inventory bulk-buying centers;
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Policy support to ensure the unimpeded transport of their produce or products;
(c) 
Policy support to promote and protect locally-produced products and services, 
including enhancement of the local value chain;
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Ease and facilitation of access to markets, including capacity-building to access 
e-marketing facilities that will especially remove middle men in the transaction 
and facilitating the sale of produce or products directly to the consumers;
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Access to affordable, appropriate, and adequate financial services, including, 
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Access to appropriate and adequate machinery, equipment, and other 
technologies, with the end view of increasing productivity and growth;
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Protection from unjust dislocation from places where economic activities are 
conducted, observing the policy of “relocation before demolition”:
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Measures against racketeering, extortion, and harassment, by both State and 
non-State elements;
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Common workplaces, shared facilities, product development and technology 
support, and adequate and affordable marketing facilities;
0) Freedom from deprivation of property without valid cause and due process of 
law; and
(k) Affordable and customized social security and insurance programs.
SEC. 7. Rights of Legitimate Organization of Workers in the Informal Economy 
or Employment. - Workers in the informal economy or employment may organize 
into unions, cooperatives, social and solidarity economic units’ organizations, and 
mutual benefit associations. Organization of workers in the informal economy or 
employment shall register with the Department of Labor and Employment and shall 
have the right to:
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Freely function and act as the representatives of their members in policy and 
decision-making processes, collective negotiations, tripartite bodies and 
consultations, multi-sectoral and other similar bodies;
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Establish, join, or affiliate with national federations or confederations and 
international trade union organizations;
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Access information from concerned government institutions and other parties 
that are pertinent to the protection and promotion of the rights and welfare of their 
members:
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Own property, whether real or personal, for the use and benefit of their 
organizations and members;
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Sue and be sued under their registered name; and
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Undertake all other activities, not contrary to law, designed to benefit their 
organizations and members.
SEC. 8. Assistance to Organizations of Workers in the informai Economy. - The 
State shall encourage and support the formation of organizations among marginalized 
farmers, fisherfolk, women, and workers in the informal economy or employment, 
whether in manufacturing, agriculture, transport, retail, services, or home-based 
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Towards this end, all national government agencies, government financial 
institutions, and local government units’ plans, programs, and policies shall foster an 
atmosphere conducive to the exercise of the right to self-organization of the workers 
in the informal economy. Such policies shall also facilitate and promote access to 
credit, skills training, and inputs at lower cost. These policies shall also be geared 
towards assisting such workers in obtaining fair prices for their produce or products 
and ensuring uninterrupted supply chain for the efficient, effective and economical 
transport of their products to consumers.
Chapter lii
SECURITY IN THE WORKPLACE OF WORKERS IN THE 
INFORMAL ECONOMY OR EMPLOYMENT
SEC. 9. Designation of Workpiaces. - Local Government Units (LGUs), in 
coordination with legitimate organization of workers in the informal economy and their 
members, affected communities, and other relevant groups, shall identify, designate, 
and design a system of assignment on the following:
(a) 
Productivity and merchandizing centers as viable workplaces for informal 
workers, which may include markets and vacant areas near markets, vacant 
public spaces and other spaces which may be a private property that the LGU 
may acquire, lease, or negotiate with legitimate organization of workers in the 
informal economy for lease under a memorandum of agreement; and
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Routes, terminals, and specific lanes for small transport workers.
SEC. 10. Policy on Eviction and Demoiition. - Workers in the informal economy 
or employment shall not be evicted from their homes and workplaces without any legal 
ground as provided under Republic Act No. 7279, otherwise known as the “Urban 
Development and Housing Act of 1992.” They shall also be provided with the same or 
similar livelihood opportunities, adequate water and electricity and decent conditions 
of living in accordance with law. Logistical viability for the displaced shall be given 
priority in the course of determining the relocation sites or areas.
SEC. 11. Policy on Confiscation of Materials and Impounding of Vehicles. - In 
cases where demolition or eviction is warranted by appropriate court order, the public 
officer or government agency that conducted the same shall ensure non-violence and 
shall issue an Itemized receipt of all products, goods, and other materials seized or 
confiscated from vendors and other affected workers in the informal economy or 
employment. In no event shall these products be destroyed or discarded in the course 
of such demolition or eviction.
Tricycles, pedicabs, and other modes of transportation shall not be impounded 
for violations of license, registration, or traffic regulations unless the said vehicles were 
utilized in the conduct of criminal activities. In cases of violation of traffic regulations, 
a traffic violation ticket shall be issued to the erring driver without impounding his/her 
vehicle.
SEC. 12. Policy on Relocation of Vending Sites. - Before any public market is 
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a temporary or new public market. Notice of the intention to close, sell, or demolish 
any public market shall be made to all concerned vendors at least sixty (60) days 
before the actual transfer or relocation to another market site. Within the si)^-day 
period after issuance of notice, the LGU shall conduct consultations with affected 
vendors on the relocation site and implementation of the relocation.
Vendors, ambulant or otherwise, occupying or selling in public places not 
previously designated as vending sites shall be provided notice of transfer at least 
fifteen (15) days before the actual transfer to the designated vending site. The fifteen 
(15)-day notice shall likewise apply to vendors granted with permits but whose 
workplaces are withdrawn from the list of allowable vending sites. Any change in the 
list of allowable vending sites shall only be done after consultation with the affected 
vendors.
In the event that a new public market is constructed in place of an old one, 
market vendors with stalls displaced from their workplaces shall be given priority in the 
assignment of stalls in the new market.
SEC. 13. Policy on Relocation of Terminals and Change of Route. - Relocation 
of designated terminals for tricycles, pedicabs, jeepneys and other similar modes of 
transportation and any change of route shall not be arbitrarily carried out without prior 
notice and consultation with the drivers and/or transport groups concerned, legitimate 
organizations of workers, affected community, and other relevant sectors. The 
relocation of terminals and change of route shall be implemented through an 
ordinance, the enactment of which shall be subject to the required consultation and 
notice of intention as provided in the immediately preceding section.
Chapter IV
SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR THE INFORMAL SECTOR
SEC. 14. Formalization of the Social Protection Fioor. - The State shall support, 
sustain, enhance, or institutionalize the social protection floor initiative through 
convergence of the resources of various agencies of the government for continuous 
social security and health insurance subsidies to vulnerable and other informal 
workers, as well as initiate programs for the unemployed, children, and older persons 
based on applicable and ever improving standards.
SEC. 15. Social Welfare Efforts. - The Department of Social Welfare and 
Development (DSWD), in coordination with the Department of Labor and Employment, 
shall consolidate social welfare efforts to address the needs of the workers in the 
informal economy, including direct assistance, policy development, and community 
engagement for the workers.
SEC. 16. Role of the Department of Labor and Employment. - The DOLE shall 
engage in labor market interventions that shall provide adequate protection for the 
workers in the informal economy and ensure timely and immediate action for labor 
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SEC. 17. Social Safety Nets. - Social safety nets provided or implemented by the 
DOLE, DSWD, Department of Agriculture (DA), and other government agencies shall 
be made accessible to all workers in the informal economy and to their legitimate 
organizations.
SEC. 18. Social Insurance. - Social insurance programs including Social Security, 
Pag-ibig (Home Development Mutual Fund), and PhilHealth shall, as far as 
practicable, be fully available to workers of the informal economy consistent with 
Section 14 hereof. For this purpose, policies and mechanisms for their full utilization 
and benefit shall be formulated by the SSS, HDMF, and PhilHealth.
Chapter V
LABOR STANDARDS AND ENFORCEMENT OF LABOR LAWS 
FOR WORKERS IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY
SEC. 19. Applicability of the Provisions of the Labor Code. -The provisions of the
Labor Code shall apply where employer-employee relationship exists between an
employer and a worker in the informal economy.
SEC. 20. Prohibited Acts Specific to Workers in the Informal Economy. - The
following are deemed prohibited:
(a) 
Non-compliance with Minimum Labor Standards and Occupational Health 
and Safety Standards. The terms and conditions of employment of workers in 
the informal economy shall not be lower than the minimum standards set by law. 
The lack of formality of the work arrangement between the employer and the 
worker or Intermittency of work shall not mean the absence of an employment 
relationship in the informal economy, it is sufficient that there Is control on how 
the work is to be done at the time of the engagement or economic dependence 
of the worker on the employer is present.
in all cases, the employment agreement shall be explained to the worker and 
attested to by a representative from the DOLE or LGU or an elected Barangay 
official in the city or municipality where the worker is designated to work.
(b) 
Recruitment or Finders’ Fees. Regardless of whether the worker was sourced 
either through an employment agency or a third party, workers in the informal 
economy shall neither be charged nor levied a recruitment fee or finders’ fee by 
the aforementioned employment agency or third party.
(c) 
Hazardous Work and Conditions. Workers shall not be engaged to do 
hazardous work, activity, or undertaking, or be exposed to hazardous working 
conditions. The rights of all workers under Republic Act No. 11058, otherwise 
known as An Act Strengthening Compliance with Occupational Safety and Health 
Standards and Providing Penalties for Violations Thereof, shall be respected.
(d) 
Interference and Coercion. Any person is prohibited from committing any of the 
following acts of interference and coercion:
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Preventing any worker from upholding or exercising his/her rights;
(2) 
Preventing any worker from joining or assisting organization for purposes 
not contrary to law;
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Preventing any worker from carrying out his/her duties or functions in an 
organization, or to penalize the same for any lawful action performed in that 
capacity:
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Harassing, threatening, coercing, or intimidating any worker that result in 
preventing him or her from performing his or her duties and functions;
(5) 
Transferring, penalizing, or terminating the services of a worker without 
valid or legal ground; and
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Other acts calculated to diminish the independence and freedom of 
workers’ organization to direct its own affairs.
(e) Non-compliance with Republic Act No. 7610, as amended by Republic Act 
No. 9231 in the employment of minors, in cases where minors are contracted 
or hired to render work or services in any informal economic activity, the DOLE 
and the LGU or duly elected Barangay official where the work is to be done shall 
ensure compliance with Republic Act No. 7610, as amended by Republic Act No. 
9231. The employer of the minors shall also provide them with access to at least 
elementary or secondary education, either through traditional schooling or 
alternative learning systems.
SEC. 21. Visitorial and Enforcement Power of the Secretary of Labor and 
Employment - In pursuit of the of the exercise of the visitorial power of the Secretary 
of Labor under Article 128 of the Labor Code of the Philippines, as amended, 
employment and other work engagement In the informal economy shall be included In 
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Chapter VI
POLICY COORDINATION AND DEVELOPMENT
SEC. 22. Function of National Economic Development Authority. - The 
Committee on Social Development of the National Economic Development Authority 
(NEDA) shall develop policies and programs that shall institutionalize and strengthen 
informal economy workers and the informal economy units.
SEC. 23. Informal Economy Initiatives of Local Development Council. - The 
Local Development Councils of all provinces, cities, and municipalities shall establish 
a body of coordination, registration, and assistance for workers in the informal 
economy within their respective jurisdictions.
The Local Development Councils shall also form a sectoral or functional 
committee that shall facilitate the registration of informal economy workers.
Chapter VII
REGISTRATION OF INFORMAL ECONOMY WORKERS
SEC. 24. Registration. - The DSWD, In coordination with the Department of Interior 
and Local Government (DILG), Department of Information and Communications 
Technology (DICT), DOLE, and other appropriate government agencies, shall 
establish a system of registration of workers in the informal economy, all economic 
units and informal economy organizations/associations.
The national and local governments shall review, revalidate, and reassess such 
database as a tool for national and local planning and for other purposes every two 
(2) years.
The registry of economic units shall take into account the different sub­
classifications In terms of asset size, number of workers, social insurance provided, 
statutory benefits and wages, industry, geography, premises, sex, ethnicity, 
vulnerability, and roles and functions. The database shall also indicate informal 
economic units which may be categorized as livelihood enterprises and 
entrepreneurial or growth-oriented informal businesses.
CHAPTER VIII 
FINAL PROVISONS
SEC. 25. Penal Provision. -
(a) 
Any person who shall willfully interfere with, restrain or coerce a worker in the 
exercise of his or her rights or shall In any manner commit any act in violation of 
any of the provisions of this Act shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of 
not less than Twenty Thousand Pesos (Php20,000.00) or imprisonment of one 
(1) to six (6) years or both fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the Court.
(b) 
If the offender is a public official, the Court, in addition to the penalties provided 
in the preceding paragraph, may impose the additional penalty or disqualification 
from public office.
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(c) 
Any person who violates Section 11 of this Act (Policy on Confiscation of 
Materials and Impounding of Vehicles) shall be liable. Nothing herein shall 
prohibit the aggrieved workers in the informal economy from initiating a criminal 
or civil action against the responsible person or officer.
(d) 
Failure to implement Sections 12 (Policy on Relocation of Vending Sites) and 13 
(Policy on Relocation of Terminals and Change of Route) shall render the 
responsible official/s administratively liable pursuant to Republic Act No. 7160 
and other applicable laws, without prejudice to any civil or criminal cases that 
may be filed against such erring official/s.
(e) 
If a private institution/company is found to have violated any provisions of this 
Act, its business shall be suspended or revoked at the discretion of the Court.
SEC. 26. Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). - The DOLE, DILG, 
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the National Economic 
Development Authority (NEDA), in coordination with other concerned agencies and 
stakeholders, shall formulate the implementing rules and regulations within 180 days 
from the effectivity of this Act.
SEC. 27. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is declared 
unconstitutional or invalid, the provisions not affected shall continue to be in full force 
and effect.
SEC. 28. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or 
other issuances inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, 
amended or modified accordingly,
SEC. 29. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication 
in the Official Gazette.
Approved,
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