FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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Introduced by Senator Antonio "Sonny" F. Trillanes N 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
A government employee is entitled for vacation and sick leaves heishe earned. In cases where a 
government employee experiences a serious illness or injury, he/she, however, is sometimes 
forced to exhaust all hisiher leave credits and continue to be on leave without compensation. This 
is an unfortunate event for an employee. 
This bill, thus, is intended to provide alleviation for the hardship caused to an employee and to 
hisiher family experiencing the aforesaid situation. It seeks to create a "Sick Leave Bank" for 
government employees. As used in this bill, Sick Leave Bank refers to a pool of sick days which 
will be established by employees who will make a one time donation of their accumulated local 
sick days. Depending on the participant's donation, sick leaves in a sick leave bank may be used 
by any participating employee in the Agency who has exhausted his or her accrued vacation 
time, personal days, sick leave and compensatory time due to serious illness or injury. 
In view of the foregoing, immediate approval of this bill is earnestly sought 
ANTOM 
"SONNY" F. TRILLANES N 
Senator 


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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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Second Regular Session 
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fntrocfuced by Senator Antonio Tonny" P. Trittanes 1v 
AN ACT 
CREATING A SICK LEAVE BANK FtEt GCWElcWMENT EMPLO%EES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Phrlpprnes in Congress 
ussernbted: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Sick Leave Bunk Act." 
SEC. 2. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, 
the following terms shall mean: 
a) "Commission" means the Civil Service Commission; 
b) "Agency" means any branch, department, board, committee or commission of the 
go v e m m e n t ; 
c) "Sick leave bank" means a depository into which participating employees may donate 
accrued sick leave time for allocation to other participating employees; 
d) "Participating employee" means a permanent full- or par-time employee who has 
been employed by a government agency for a period of six (6) months or more who 
voluntarily enrolls in the sick leave bank by depositing at least three (3) full days of 
accrued sick leave in that bank; 
e) "Catastrophic illness or injury" shall mean those illnesses and injuries which will be 
classified as such by the Commission. 
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SEC. 3. Sick Leuve Bunk. - The Commission shall establish a plan allowing 
participating employees in each Agency to bank a designated amount or portion of their accrued 
sick leave in a sick leave bank to be used by any participating employee in the Agency who has 
exhausted his or her accrued vacation time, personal days, sick leave and compensatoiy time. 
The Commission shall promulgate rules governing the operation of the plan subject, however, to 
the following restrictions and limitations: 
(a) Participation in the sick leave bank shall, at all times, be voluntary on the part of any 
employee. 
(b) A participating employee may deposit into the sick leave bank as much accrued sick 
leave as desired provided that the participating employee shall retain in his or her own 
account at least (five) 5 sick days. 
(c) A government employee cannot avail the benefits of a sick leave bank unless he 
becomes a member of that bank by depositing at three (3) full days of accrued sick leave 
in that bank. 
(d) Any sick leave in the sick leave bank used by a participating employee shall be only 
for that employee's personal catastrophic illness or injury. 
(e) A participating employee shall not use sick leave accumulated in the sick leave bank 
until all of his or her accrued vacation time, personal days, sick leave and compensatory 
time have been used. 
(0 Participating employees who transfer from one Agency to another may transfer their 
participation in the sick leave bank. 
(g) An employee who cancels his or her participation in the sick leave bank shall not be 
eligible to withdraw the sick leave time he or she has contributed to the pool. 
(h) Provisions for appeal of adverse decisions affecting a participating employee's use of 
the sick leave bank shall be made by rule adopted by the Commission. 
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(i) Accumulation of sick leave in the sick leave bank shall be on an Agency by Agency 
basis but procedures adopted by rule for the operation of the sick leave bank shall be 
uniform among all Agencies. 
(i) Upon termination, retirement, or death, neither a participating employee nor the 
participating employee's estate shall be entitled to payment for unused sick leave 
acquired from the sick leave bank. 
SEC. 4. Penal@. - Any abuse of the use of the sick leave bank shall be investigated by 
the Agency and the Commissidn and upon a finding of wrongdoing on the part of a participating 
employee, that employee shall repay all sick leave days drawn from the sick leave bank and shall 
be subject to other disciplinary action. 
SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. - All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders and other 
issuances, and rules and regulations, or part thereof, contrruy to or inconsistent with any 
provision of this Act, are hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly. 
SEC. 6. Separability 'Clause. - Should any provision of this Act be found 
unconstitutional by a court of law, such provision shall be severed from the other provisions, and 
the same shall not affect the enforceability and effectivity of the remaining provisions of this 
Act. 
SEC. 7. Effectivioi Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
complete publication in any two (2) national newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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