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SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES 
SIXTEENTH CONGRESS 
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First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 2063 
Introduced by SENATOR JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This proposed measure seeks to provide benefits and incentives 
to accredited day care workers. 
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The mome1":\t parents leave their children to Day Care Workers, a 
load of responsibility in childhood development falls on their 
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shoulders. They are considered as partners of many parents in 
providing early education to their children. 
While Republic Act No .. 6972 or the Day Care Law, concretized 
the State's recognition of the important role played by the Day Care 
Centers in the development of the country's pre-school children, it still 
has to seriously address the welfare and conditions of the very people 
in the frontline of these centers . 
Considering the critical role they play in molding the character 
and personality of the children entrusted to them, it is a sad fact that 
Day Care Workers are not properly compensated for their hard work. 
The meager monthly allowance of Five Hundred Pesos (P 500) as 
provided for by Republic Act No. 6972, is not commensurate to the 
service rendered by and the skills of the Day Care Workers. 


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It is therefore important for the State to provide them with 
proper compensation, benefits and incentives befitting the status and 
role they perform. Day Care Workers should be given all the support 
they deserve as they are charged with the responsibility of providing 
our chil&en not only with pre-school training but a second family 
environment as well. 
In view of the foregoing, the prompt approval of this bill is highly 
and earnestly sought. 
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JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO 


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SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES 
SIXTEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 2063 
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Introduced by SENATOR JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO 
AN ACT PROVIDING BENEFITS AND INCENTIVES TO 
ACCREDITED DAY CARE WORKERS, AMENDING FOR THE 
PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6972 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 
BARANGAY LEVEL TOTAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION OF 
CHILDREN ACT 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled. 
SECTION L Paragraph (c) Section 6 of Republic Act No. 6972, 
otherwise known as the 
"Barangay~level Total Development and 
Protection of Children Act" is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"SECTION 6. Funds for the Center, the Program and Day 
Care Workers. - (a) xx:xxx 
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(c) 
Barangay Day Care Workers in accredited day care centers 
shall receive a [monthly allowance or not less than Five Hundred 
Pesos (P 500.00) to be charged to the annual appropriation of the 


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Department of Social 
Welfare 
and Development} 
SALARY 
EQUIVALENT TO LEVEL 1 -
HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL TO BELOW 
SECOND YEAR COLLEGE AND A LENGTH OF SERVICE OF AT 
LEAST FIVE (5) YEARS SHALL RECEIVE A SALARY EQUIVALENT 
TO SALARY GRADE 6; 
LEVEL 2 - SECOND YEAR COLLEGE LEVEL SHALL RECEIVE 
A SALARY EQUIVALENT TO SALARY GRADE 8; AND 
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LEVEL 3 - COLLEGE GRADUATE LEVEL SHALL RECEIVE A 
SALARY EQUIVALENT TO SALARY GRADE 10. 
C-l. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES -
DAY 
CARE 
WORKERS 
SHALL 
BE 
PROVIDED 
ADDITIONAL 
COMPENSATION 
FOR SERVICES 
RENDERED 
BEYOND 
THE 
REQUIRED WORKING HOURS. IF THEY ARE ASSIGNED IN 
HAZARDOUS PLACES, HAZARD PAY SHALL BE PAID TO THEM. 
C-2. OTHE BENEFITS. DAY CARE WORKERS SHALL BE ENTITLED 
TO THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS: 
LEAVE 
BENEFITS 
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THEY 
WILL 
BE 
ENTITLED 
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MATERNITY, PATERNITY, SICK AND VACATION LEAVES. 
FREE MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT FOR PRE-
EMPLOYMENT 
PROVIDED 
BY 
GOVERNMENT 
AND 
ANNUAL 
MEDICAL 
EXAMINATIONS 
SHALL 
BE 
PROVIDED 
BY 
GOVERNMENT. 
HOSPITALS; 
WORK-RELATED 
AILMENTS 
SUFFERED BY DAY CARE WORKERS SHALL ALSO BE TREATED 
FREE OF CHARGE. 
INSURANCE AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS -
QUALIFIED 
DAY 
CARE 
WORKERS 
SHALL 
AUTOMATICALLY 
BECOME 


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MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM 
IGSIS). PROVIDED, THAT AFTER HAVING FULFILLED THE AGE 
SERVICE REQUIREMENT OF THE APPLICABLE RETIREMENT 
LAWS, THEY SHALL BE GIVEN A ONE-STEP SALARY GRADE 
INCREASE UPON RETIREMENT WHICH SHALL BE THE BASIS OF 
COMPUTATION OF RETIREMENT PAY AND OTHER RETIREMENT 
BENEFITS. 
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SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved,