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Senate Bill No. 527 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The quality of the citizen of any country depends largely on the kind of 
care and attention they receive during childhood. Studies show that the first six 
(6) years of childhood will determine what he will be as a youth and as an adult. 
For this reason, a child should be given the opportunity to develop his or her 
cognitive, personal, social and language skills at an early age. 
The passage of Republic Act no. 6972 known as the "Baranggay-Level 
Total Development 8, Protection of Children AcY' provided, among others the 
establishment of a day care center in every barangay. However, with the advent 
of devolution, not all barangay have day care centers. 
Adversely affected, more than the day care workers, themselves, are the 
children who are recipients of day care service. As such, day care workers 
should also be given compensation commensurate to their expertise and 
workload. Opportunities for self-development should be made available to them. 
Needless to say, we must not leave the future of our children to chance. 
Let us secure their bright future by safeguarding the economic and social 
development of our day care workers. 
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Senate Bill No. 527 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING A MAGNA CARTA FOR DAY CARE WORKERS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
CHAPTER 1 - Basic Principles 
SECTION 1. Title. This Act shall be known as the “Magna Carta for Day 
Care Workers”. 
SEC 2. Declaration Policy. It is hereby declared the policy of the State ot 
promote and improve the social and economic status of day care workers. 
Towards this end, the state shall adopt. Policies that will protect the rights of the 
day care workers and promote their welfare. 
SEC. 3. Coverage. This Act shall cover all persons engaged in providing 
early Childhood Development in government sponsored day care centers. The 
day care worker’s primary function is to assist in the care of the children and 
provide consultative and provide consultative and provide consultative services 
for social, education, and other of the children. 
CHAPTER 2 - Recruitment and qualification 
SEC. 4. Qualifications. A day care workers must be legal age, must 
possess a career sub-professional eligibility and must have sufficient training in 
Early Childhood Care and Development. Provided however, that an incumbent 
day care worker who has been serving for the last five (5) years upon approval of 
this Act does not meet the prescribed education finish the day care worker 
training course provided by the Department of Social Welfare and Development 
(DSWD) within one (1) after the effectivity of this Act. 
SEC. 5. Recruifment A qualified day care worker shall file his/her 
application with the local government unit concerned under no circumstances 
shall a day care worker be discriminated on the basis of gender, religion, age, 
status, race or political affiliation. 
CHAPTER 3 - Remuneration and Working Conditions 
SEC. 6. Salary. A day care worker shall receive a salary equivalent to: 


Level 1 - Hiqh School Level to Below second year college 
and length of at least five (5) years shall receive salary 
grade; 
Level 2 - Second Year Colleqe Level shall receive salary 
equivalent to salary grade 8; and 
Level 3 - Colleqe Graduate Level shall receive salary 
equivalent to salary grade I O  
SEC. 7. Working hours. A day care worker is required eight (8) working 
hours a day or forty (40) working hours a week; Provided that, the municipal 
social worker officer may require a day care worker to render services beyond 
hislher required working hours. 
SEC. 8. Additional Compensation and Allowances. Day care workers shall 
provided with additional compensation for services rendered beyond the required 
working hours per day or a total of 40 hours per week. 
SEC. 9. Special Hardship Allowance. At such rates as may be determined 
by the local government unit concerned, day care workers shall be entitled to a 
special hardship allowance depending on the hazardslrisks faced at the place of 
assignment. 
SEC. I O .  Married Day Care workers. Whenever possible, married couples 
who are both day care workers shall be assigned in the same municipality or city. 
SEC. 11. Transfer and tenure of Office. No day care worker shall be 
transferred from one center to another without hislher prior knowledge andlor 
consent. 
As provided under existing law, no laws no day care worker shall 
be terminated from work without due cause. 
CHAPTER 4 - Other Benefits 
SEC. 12. Leave and Benefits. As provided under existing Laws, a day 
care worker is entitled to maternity andlor paternity, sick and vacation leave. 
Day care workers with outstanding work performance based on evaluation 
SEC. 13. Free Medical Examination and Treatment Pre-employment and 
annual medical examination shall be provided by the government Hospitals free 
of charge, to all day care workers. Day care workers suffering form work-related 
ailments shall be treated free of charge in government hospitals. 
shall automatically become member of the Government Service lnsurance 
System (GSIS). 
Day care workers, having fulfilled the age service requirement of the 
applicable retirement laws, shall be given a one-step salary grade upon 
retirement which shall be the basic of computation for retirement pay and 
retirement benefits. 
may avail of study leave. 
SEC 14. lnsurance and retirement Benefits. Qualified day care owrkers 


CHAPTER 5 - Organization of Day Care Workers 
to organize themselves without prior consultation with the local government units 
to which they are assigned. 
SEC. 15. Freedom to Organize. Day care worker shall have the freedom 
The different organization of day care workers shall be consulted in the 
formulation of national policies and programs that will benefit the sector. 
Under no circumstances shall any care worker be dismissed on the basis 
of hidher membership in any organization of day care workers. 
CHAPTER 6 - Final Provisions 
SEC. 16. Code of Conduct forDay Care Worker. Within six (6) months 
upon the approval of this Act , the DSWD, in consultation with national 
organization of the day, care worker, shall formulate a code of conduct for day 
care workers. Each day care workers shall be provided with a copy of the code. 
SEC. 17. Supporf from Non-Governmental Organizations. Non- 
Government Organization or private volunteer organizations are hereby 
encourage to assist the government on the implementation of programs in the 
implementation of programs and project of day care workers. 
SEC. 18. Rules and Regulafions. The Department of Interior and Local 
Government (DILG) and the DSWD, in consultation with the Civil Service 
Commission (CSC), and the national organization for aay care workers, shall 
formulate the rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this 
Act within six (6) months after the effectivity of this Ad. 
SEC 19. Appropriations. Salaries and other benefits for day care workers 
shall charged to the local government unit concerned. Training needs of day care 
workers shall be charged to annual appropriations of the DSWD. 
SEC. 20. Penal Provisions. Any person who violated this Act shall be 
punished with a fine of not less than Five Thousand (Php 5,000.00) and/or 
imprisonment of not less that two (2) months but not more thanone (1) years at 
the court. 
If the offender is a public official, he/she shall, in addition to the penalties 
stated above, be dismissed from government service. 
SEC 21. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Act shall be held 
unconstitutional, or valid, other parts or provisions hereof which are not affected 
thereby shall continue to be in full force effect. 
regulations inconsistent with or contrary to this Act hereby repealed or modified 
accordingly. 
SEC. 22. Repealing Clause. All laws, executive orders, and rules and 
SEC. 23. €ffectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after its publications in any two (2) newspapers pf general circulation. 
Approved,