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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ____ 
Introduced by CIBAC Party-List Representative 
HON. EDUARDO “BRO. EDDIE” C. VILLANUEVA 
AN ACT  
GRANTING HAZARD PAY TO COVERED EMPLOYEES OF THE 
GOVERNMENT AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
COVID-19 was declared by the World Health Organization as a public 
health emergency of international concern as early as January 30, 2020.  
Meanwhile, due to the increasing number of confirmed COVID-19 
patients in the Philippines, the country was placed under enhanced 
community quarantine as of midnight of March 17, 2020. However, even 
while most people are advised to stay home, several workers in the 
government were still required to go to work to ensure that government 
services continue. But despite the increased risk to their lives, no 
appropriate additional compensation was given to them.   
 This bill seeks to recognize the hard work and the invaluable service 
rendered by our government workers by mandating the payment of hazard 
pay to frontline government workers, in cases where they are assigned to 
areas, such as, but not limited, to hazardous, isolated and inaccessible 
environment, x-ray units, institutions that care for the users of mental 
health services, places that are subject to depredation by criminal 
elements, plants and installation of arsenal, aboard aircrafts and 
watercrafts in crossing bodies of water and other similar areas.  
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Given the extraordinary and invaluable service of these workers in 
critical times, such as what we are facing today with the COVID-19 
pandemic, it is just and right that we give them proper benefits.  
 
Thus, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought. 
 
 
 
HON. EDUARDO “BRO. EDDIE” C. VILLANUEVA  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ____ 
Introduced by CIBAC Party-List Representative 
HON. EDUARDO “BRO. EDDIE” C. VILLANUEVA 
AN ACT  
GRANTING HAZARD PAY TO COVERED EMPLOYEES OF THE 
GOVERNMENT AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
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Philippines in Congress assembled: 
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SECTION. 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known as the “Hazard 
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Pay for Government Employees Act.” 
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SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is hereby declared the policy of 
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the State to protect and promote the welfare of public servants by 
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providing them with additional compensation taking into account the 
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nature of their responsibilities and exposure to hazard or possible dangers 
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attendant to the position they are occupying and the functions of their 
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office. 
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SEC. 3. Coverage. – The benefits provided under this Act shall be 
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given to all government employees who are exposed to the conditions 
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identified in Section 4 of this Act, regardless of status, nature of 
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appointment, whether casual, temporary, contract of service (institutional 
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or otherwise), or job order, or place of work (whether in medical or non-
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medical offices); Provided, That government employees currently 
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receiving hazard pay under other laws, rules or regulations shall only be 
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entitled to one (1) hazard pay or benefit, whichever is higher. 
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SEC. 4. Hazard Pay. – All employees of the Government shall be 
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paid hazard pay equivalent to at least twenty five percent (25%) of the 
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monthly basic salary of the employee concerned when stationed or 
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assigned to work as frontline workers in or under the following 
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circumstances or conditions: 
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(a)  When a state of calamity or emergency or a public health emergency, 
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as defined under Republic Act No. 11332, otherwise known as the 
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Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases and Health Events of 
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Public Health Concern, has been declared; 
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(b)  Hazardous or less hazardous areas, as may be declared by the 
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Secretary of National Defense and other appropriate agencies;  
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(c)  Difficult areas or hardship posts characterized by distance, 
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inconvenience of travel due to bad roads and conditions of the terrain, 
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isolation, inaccessibility, and extreme weather conditions;  
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(d) X-ray units, clinics, laboratories, sanitaria, leprosaria, observation 
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posts and other similar stations which offer risks to health and safety 
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due to exposure to radiation, contagious diseases and, volcanic 
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activity; 
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(e)  Institutions or facilities that tend or care for persons with mental 
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health conditions; 
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(f)  Places that are subject to depredation by criminal elements as those 
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in prison reservations and penal colonies without adequate police 
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protection; 
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(g)  Plants and installations of the arsenal;  
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(h)  Aboard aircraft and watercraft in crossing bodies of water; and 
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(i)  Other similar work conditions which the Department of Budget and 
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Management (DBM), in consultation with the Office of Civil Defense 
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and the Civil Service Commission and other appropriate agencies, 
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shall consider as hazardous on the basis of exposure to environment, 
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health and social risks. 
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SEC. 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – Within sixty (60) 
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days from the effectivity of this Act, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) 
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in coordination with the Office of Civil Defense (OCD), Department of 
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Budget and Management (DBM), and other relevant government offices, 
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shall formulate the rules and regulations to effectively implement the 
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provisions of this Act.  
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SEC. 6. Appropriations. – The amount necessary for the effective 
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implementation of this Act shall be charged against the appropriations of 
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government agencies where the covered government employees are 
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employed. Thereafter, the funds for the effective implementation of this 
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Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act (GAA). 
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SEC. 7. Separability Clause. – Any portion or provisions of this Act 
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that may be declared unconstitutional or invalid shall not have the effect 
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of nullifying other portions and provisions hereof as long as such 
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remaining portions or provisions can still subsist and be given effect in 
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their entirety.  
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SEC. 8. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, executive orders, 
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proclamations and administrative regulations, or any parts thereof 
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inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby revoked, repealed 
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or modified accordingly. 
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SEC. 9.  Effectivity Clause. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) 
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days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) 
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newspapers of general circulation. 
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Approved, 
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