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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Article II, Section 14 of the Constitution states: 
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"Section 14. The State recognizes the role of women in nation-building, and 
shall ensure the fundamental equality before 'the law of women and men." 
Article XIII, Section II of the Constitution states: 
"Section II. The State shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to 
health development which shall endeavor to make essential goods, health and 
other social services available to all the people at affordable cost. There shall be 
priority for the needs of the under-privileged, sick, elderly, disabled, women, 
and children. The State shall endeavor to provide free medical care to paupers." 
Furthennore, Article XIII, Section 14 ofthe Constitution states: 
"Section 14. The State shall pro,tect working women by providing safe and 
healthful working conditions, taking into account their maternal functions, and 
such facilities and opportunities that will enhance their welfare and enable them 
to realize their full potential in the service ofthe nation." 
Likewise, Republic Act No. 9710, or the "Magna Carta of Women" recognizes the right of 
women to decent work which shall include support services that will enable women to 
balance their family obligations and work responsibilities. 
The proposed bill seeks to grant working women in the private sector and women in public 
service to a one-day paid'leave every month for pre-natal medical check-up, in order to 
ensure the safety and health of both mother and child.: 
This is consistent with international treaties and conventions to which the Philippines is a 
signatory such as: the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 
(CEDA W), which emphasizes provision of necessary supporting social services to enable 
parents to combine family obligations with work responsibilities; and the United Nation 
Convention on the Rights of the Child, whiCh recognizes a child's inherent right to life and 
the state's obligations to ensure the child's survival and development. 


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In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly reconnnehded. 
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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC ) 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.B.NO. 2085 
Introduced by Senator Maria Lourdes Nancy S. Binay 
AN ACT PROVIDING PRE-NATAL LEAVE BENEFITS 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
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assembled: 
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SECTION 1. In addition to other benefits under the law, women who are employed in the 
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private sector or in public service shall be entitled to a one (1) day paid pre-natal leave every 
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month from filing of notice of such pregnancy until delivery, abortion or miscarriage, subject 
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to the following conditions: 
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(a) The employee is currently employed iu the private sector or the govenunent, as the 
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case may be, and shall have paid at least three (3) monthly Social Security System 
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("SSS") or Govenunent Service Insurance System ("GSIS") contributions, as the case 
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may be, in the twelve month period preceding the childbirth, abortion or miscarriage; 
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(b) The employee shall have notified the employer, or the head or chief of the bureau or 
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office of the pregnancy and the probable date of childbirth, as the case may be, which 
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notice shall be transmitted to SSS or GSIS in accordance with the rules and 
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regulations it may provide; 
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( c) The employee shall present a medical certificate to the employer within five (5) days 
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from the pre-natal appointment; and 
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(c) The pre-natal leave benefit shall not be cumulative. 
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SECTION 2. Implementation. The SSS and the GSIS, in coordination with all relevant 
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govenunent offices, shall jointly promulgate and issue the necessary implementing rules and 
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regulations for the implementation of this Act within sixty (60) days after the effectivity of 
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this Act. 
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SECTION 3. Separability Clause. If any portion or provision of this Act is declared void 
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and unconstitutional, the remaining portions or provisions hereof shall not be affected by 
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such declaration. 
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SECTION 4. Repealing Clause. 
All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations, other 
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issuances',' or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or 
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modified ac60rdingly, 
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SECTION 5. Effectivity Clause. 
This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
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complete publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation. 
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