FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
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Senate Bill No. 1268 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. MANNY VILLAR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
For as many reasons as there are employers, workers who resigned or 
are terminated are not issued certification of employment The present rules of 
the Labor Code ordain the issuance of such certification when it promulgates 
thus: 
"SECTION 10. Certification of Employment. - A dismissed 
worker shall be entitled to receive on request, certificate from the 
employer specifying the dates of his engagement and termination 
of his employment and the type or types of work on which he is 
employed." (Section 10, Rule XIV, Book V, Rules to Implement 
the Labor Code). 
Experience has made it abundantly clear however that the above-quoted 
rule is honored more in its breach than in its observance. 
This Bill seeks to institutionalize this employment certification requirement 
by legislating the abovecited rule thereby doing away any question as to its 
legality and by providing a penal sanction for its violation. 
Passage of this Bill is earnestly recomrnended. 
MANNYVLLAR 
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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No.1268-
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INTRODUCED BY SEN: MANNY VILLAR . 
AN ACT 
REQUIRING THE ISSUANCE OF EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATION IN FAVOR 
OF RESIGNED OR TERMINATED EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDING 
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREFOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE 
THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. There shall be incorporated after 286 of Presidential Decree 
No. 442, as amended, otherwise known as the "Labor Code of the Philippines" a 
new Article 286-A which shall read as follows: 
"ARTICLE 286-A. CERTIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENT. - A 
RESIGNED OR SEPARATED EMPLOYEE SHALL BE ENTITLED 
TO RECEIVE AND TO BE FURNISHED, A CERTIFICATE FROM 
THE 
EMPLOYER 
SPECIFYING 
THE 
DATES 
OF 
HIS 
ENGAGEMENT AND TERMINATION OF HIS EMPLOYMENT, HIS 
LATEST SALARY AND TYPE OR TYPES OF WORK ON WHICH 
HE IS EMPLOYED." 
SECTION 2. Any person, corporation, trust, firm, partnership, association 
or entity which refuses or fails to issue the certification required under this Act, 
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,OOO.OO) 
and/or imprisonment of not less than six (6) months nor more than one (1) year. 
If the violation is committed by a corporation, trust or firm, partnership, 
association or any other entity, the penalty of imprisonment shall be imposed on 
the entity's officer responsible therefore. 
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SECTION 3. The Secretary of Labor and Employment shall promulgate 
the necessary rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Act. 
SECTION 4. All laws, rules and regulations inconsistent with this Act are 
hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly. 
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication 
in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) national newspapers of general 
circulation, whichever comes earlier. 
Approved. 
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