THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
1ST REGULAR SESSION 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MAGSAYSAY, JR. 
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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Cognizant of the tenet of the 1987 Philippine Constitution that, 
“[tlhe State affirms labor as a primary social economic force” (Art. 11, Sec. 
18) which breathes fulfillment in the magnanimity of the hallmark of the 
supreme law that, “[tlhe State shall promote social justice in all phases of 
national development” (Art. 11, Sec. lo), this legislation is submitted. 
The efforts to generate 6-10 million jobs in the next 6 years forms 
the core of the President’s agenda as set out in her State of the Nation 
Address. In order to achieve this target, more intentive linkages among 
industry, government and the academe will be essential. 
The different private organizations representing the human 
resources and the employers sectors have shown their keen interest in 
making Filipino human resources more marketable from the point of 
view of local and foreign business requirements. Amongst the factors 
identified to achieve this objectives include improving productivity in the 
workplace, promoting labor policies that encourage business creation, 
employee productivity and sustainable competitiveness, developing 
ethical leaders in all sectors of society, and creating a long-term strategy 
for human resources. 
While the various departments of the government have elements, of 
a national human resource plan, these elements would have more 
potency if they are integrated of a national Human Resources 
Commission with multi-sectoral representation that will develop and 
oversee an integrated human resource plan. 
Approval of this bill is therefore earnestly sought. 


THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
lST REGULAR SESSION 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
S.B. NO. 
SENAT!l 
9 4 1 
AN ACT 
PROMOTING FULL EMPLOYMENT AND EQUALITY OF EMPLOYMENT 
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL 
CREATING THEREBY THE HUMAN 
RESOURCES COORDINATING COMMISSION 
AND FOR OTHER 
PURPOSES 
Be it enacted 
Philippines in Congress assernbb 
the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
SECTION 1. Creation and Functions of the Human Resources 
Commission. There is hereby created a Human Resources Commission, 
hereinafter referred to as the “Commission”. The Commission shall have 
the following functions: 
a. To develop national integrated human resource plan; 
b. To oversee the implementation of the plan; 
c. To put in place a mechanism to ensure success in the 
implementation of the plan; 
d. To provide assistance and share expertise and technology and 
provide volunteers in government; and 
e. To assist in the development of competencies and provide other 
research and consulting assistance. 
SEC. 2. Composition. The Commission shall be composed of a 
Chairman, who shall be appointed or designated by the President, and a 
sufficient number of members as may be determined by the Chairman 
who shall be selected from the staff of the Department of Trade and 
Industry, Department of Labor and Employment, Department of 
Agriculture, Department of Education, National Economic Development 
Authority, from accredited personnel, employer, labor and school 
organization, and from other relevant government agencies and private 
sector organizations. 
SEC. 3. Powers and Functions of the Commission - In pursuit 
of its functions as defined in Section 1 hereof, the Commission shall have 
the responsibility and authority to: 
a. 
Formulate an integrated national human resource plan to 
support the President’s vision of creating a just, self-reliant 
and prosperous society, including the generation of 6-10 
million jobs in six years 


and the private business sectors of society and non- 
government organizations that can assist the government in 
improving the job and livelihood opportunities of the 
unemployed, underemployed and those engaged in small-scale 
industries and entrepreneurship. 
c. 
Provide job opportunities for students and out-of-school 
youths and coordinate various skills training programs and 
livelihood seminars which include data and programs for 
OFWs and their families 
Perform such other powers and functions as may be necessary 
for the effective discharge of its functions as may be directed 
by the Oversight Committee created in Section 5 hereof or the 
President . 
d. 
SEC. 4. Oversight Committee and Office. - The Commission 
shall be under the Office of the President and shall have an Oversight 
Committee to be chaired by the Secretary of Trade and Industry to 
ensure the active participation and cooperation of government agencies 
and instrumentalities in generating jobs and livelihood opportunities. 
The members of the Oversight Committee shall be the representatives of 
the following: 
Departments of Labor and Employment, Agriculture, 
Education, 
Commission on Higher Education, 
National Economic 
Development Authority and five (5) representatives from the private 
sector 
nominated 
by 
the 
employers 
confederation, 
personnel 
management, trade unions and labor organizations, and the chambers 
of commerce and industry. 
SEC. 5. Assistance and Cooperation. - In addition to the above 
mentioned. agencies, all other government agencies are hereby directed to 
actively cooperate and support the campaign to provide job and 
livelihood opportunities to the unemployed sector of 
society in 
cooperation with the business and NGO sectors. For this purpose, the 
Chairman of the Commission may call upon heads of such government 
agencies for assistance, as may be necessary from time to time. 
SEC. 6. Funding. - The Human Resource Development Office 
under the Department of Labor and Employment is hereby abolished. 
Its present plantilla and set of personnel shall serve as the core agency to 
implement the provisions of this Act. 
Thereafter, the appropriation 
reserved for the agency shall be allotted to the Commission and the 
Department of Budget and Management shall source additional financial 
requirements that may be needed by the commission from available 
funds of concerned agencies involved in the job generation campaign of 
the government, subject to the usual government accounting and 
auditing rules and regulations. 
SEC. 7. Repeal - All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, 
letter of instruction, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent 
with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified 
accordingly. 
SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (151 days following its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general 
circulation. 
APPROVED,