Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

No, 852

House

Introduced by DIWA Party-list Representative Hon. Michael Edgar Y. Aglipay

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill based on House Bill 989, which was approved on third and final reading during
the 17 Congress, seeks to regulate the practice of employers in public
termination of former employees in newspapers, soci

post notices of
media and other venues,

The proposed measure adheres the policy of the state to protect all workers from
abusive acts of employers

It is provided under this bill that no employer in the private sector should publish
notices of termination of employment unless the employee has committed serious misconduct
or willful disobedience, gross and habitual neglect of duty, fraud, and commission of crime. It
further provides that, employers who will violate of the provisions of the bill will be liable to
pay damages amounting to P10,000 to P50,000, upon the discretion of the court.

Given the plight of Filipino workers today,
approved.

only timely that this measure should be

MICHAEL E} GLIPAY
Representatfve, DIWA Party-list


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No®9*

Introduced by DIWA Party-list Representative Hon. Michael Edgar Y. Aglipay

AN ACT

REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF EMPLOYERS IN POSTING NOTICES OF
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OF FORMER EMPLOYEES IN
NEWSPAPERS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER PUBLIC INFORMATION VENUES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in congress
assembled:

SECTION I. Declaration of Policy. ~ It is the policy of the state to protect all workers
from abusive acts of employers. Every employer, in publishing notices or termination of
employment, must observe good faith, act with fairness, and respect the dignity of its former
employees.

SECTION 2. Limitations in the Publication of Notices of Termination of Employment,
—No employer in the private sector shall publish notices of termination of employment in
newspaper, social media and other public information venues unless upon the concurrence of
the following factor:

(a) The subject employee has, based on employee records, committed any of the
following acts:

(1) Serious dishonesty;

(2) Grave misconduct;

(3) Falsification of documents;

(4) Conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude; or
(5) Analogous acts.

(6) The subject employee was accountable officer or staff, to include the following:
(1) Cashiers

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(2) Treasures

(3) Collection officers

(4) Sale agents or representatives

(5) Other officers or employees who handle cash, property, stocks and other assets
of the employer; and

(©) The employer has reasonable grounds to believe that the former employee shall
cause loss or damage or otherwise compromise the interests of the employer

SECTION 3. Penalties. - An employer who publishes a notice of termination of
employment in a newspaper, social media or other public information venues in violation of
section 2 of this Act shall be liable to pay the aggrieved former employee damages in an amount
not less than Ten thousand pesos (P10,000.00) but not more than Fifty thousand pesos
(P50,000.00), upon the discretion of the court, without prejudice to the filing of any criminal
case.

SECTION 5 Repealing clause. — All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and
regulation and other issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are
hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly.

SECTION 6 Effectivity clause. ~ This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
Publication either in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation

Approved,

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