REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

5046

House Bill No.

Introduced by Pangasinan Fifth District Representative
HON. RAMON V. GUICO II

EXPLANATORY NOTE

{As provided for in RA 9003 or the "Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000" and in
relation to RA 7160 or the Local Government Code 1991, Local Government Units (LGUs) are given
the power to enforce laws on cleanliness and sanitation, solid waste management, and other
environmental matters. Under these laws, sanitation workers, particularly garbage collectors play a
significant role in maintaining not only a clean and healthful environment but also an aesthetically
pleasing one.

Households and businesses rely on garbage collection to ensure that their trashes are collected
and disposed of properly. Relative thereto, garbage collectors face blatant health risks that endanger their
lives. As such, it is but timely that the state provide hazard pay to our garbage collectors for their
invaluable service and commitment in ensuring and maintaining cleanliness in cities and municipalities.

It is the duty of the State, particularly the Local Government to protect its workers and provide
them an equitable compensation based on the principle of equal remuneration for men and women
workers for work of equal value. Under this Act, the government shall provide not only hazard pay but
also protection for our garbage collectors. This shall enable them to perform their functjons in a manner
that reduce the health risks they face and to prevent work-related injuries.

In view of the foregoing, immediate approval of this bill is earnestlyJought. e
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Rep. Ramon V. Guito IIT


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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bit No,_°°46

Introduced by Pangasinan Fifth District Representative
HON. RAMON V. GUICO Ii

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE INCREASE OF HAZARD PAY AND FOR THE
PROTECTION OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF GARBAGE COLLECTORS

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

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Garbage Collectors’ Hazard Pay
and Protection Act.”

SEC. 2. Definition of Terms. — For purposes of this Act, the following terms shall be defined as
follows:

a. Hazard Pay as defined by the Department of Budget Management (DBM) refers to the “additional
compensation for performing hazardous duties and for enduring physical hardships in the course
of the performance of duties.”

b. Personal Protective Equipment as defined by the United States Department of Labor refers to “the
equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause serious workplace injuries and
illnesses.”

¢. Garbage Collectors refer to individuals who works either for the local government or for a private
waste management company that is responsible for collecting and managing waste, recyclable
‘g00ds, or yard debris from residential neighbourhoods, commercial business centres, and public
parks.


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d. Garbage Operators refer to people who are responsible for the overall operation and maintenance
of waste collection services such as garbage collection to solid waste segregation to proper
transportation and disposal to sanitary landfills.

SEC. 3. Hazard Pay. — All local government units are hereby mandated to grant monthly hazard
pay to garbage collectors amounting to One Thousand Pesos (P1,000). Under this Act, the hazard pay
shall be an additional remuneration for their service and shall be separate from their monthly wage and
salary.

SEC. 4. Personal Protective Equipment. — Personal Protective Equipment such as safety glasses,
reflective vest, proper gloves, fitted, full-body coverage clothing, and non-slip sole steel-toed boots
among others, shall be provided by the local government unit to protect garbage collectors from work-
related injuries.

SEC. 5. Seminars and Trainings on Proper Waste Management. — Local Government Units
shall conduct free seminars and trainings on proper waste management for all operators and garbage
collectors.

‘The training shall include solid waste disposal and management, and in particular the standards, programs
and projects for proper and sanitary waste disposal as well as the implementation of other alternative
programs intended to reduce, reuse and recycle solid waste.

SEC. 6. Appropriations. - The amount necessary for the effective implementation of this Act
shall be charged against the appropriations for the Local Government Unit under the current general
appropriations act. Thereafter, such amount as may be necessary for its continued implementation shall
be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 7. Implementing Rules and Regulations.- The Secretary of Interior and Local Government
shall, within sixty (60) days after the effectivity of this Act, issue rules and regulations for the

implementation of this Act.


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SEC. 8. Separability Clause. — Any provision of this Act declared as unconstitutional or invalid,
the other parts or provisions hereof which are not affected shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or portions thereof,
inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 10. Effectivity.—This Act shall take effect thirty (30) days upon its approval and publication

either in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.

Approved,