The Ministry of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is the government agency that instructs intermediaries and implementers involved in the provision and development of social and development services. They also develop and enrich existing programmes and services for specific groups, including children and young people. [34] They provide child protection services where they reach out to children so they can recover from work experience and be reintegrated into their families. They also have therapeutic services for abused children so that children can overcome the negative effects of abuse and so that they can lead a normal and productive life by maximizing a child`s full potential. [35] In addition to their services, they work with DOLE in H.E.L.P. M.E. Constant exposure to various hazards in their work environment, especially chemical and biological hazards that are invisible, endangers the health and lives of children. While adults working under the same conditions face similar risks, an argument for minimum health and safety requirements would mean that children are particularly vulnerable to work-related diseases. Their still underdeveloped biological processes make their bodies less resistant to chemicals and other toxic substances to which they are regularly exposed. The lack of adequate nutrition so characteristic of the poor also increases the vulnerability of child labourers to the debilitating short- and long-term effects of labour, which can shorten economically productive lives. [22] In accordance with the PPACL framework, the Barangay Without Child Labor project aims to do what its name implies: eliminate child labor in every barangay in every country. Each barangay that does not work receives certification and three-year approval for DOLE programs once the barangay meets the criteria and other requirements and has submitted the appropriate documentation to be recognized as free of child labor. In addition, at least four agencies should be active in their region to promote child protection.
[29] In 2003, the Philippines passed a new law known as R.A. 9231 or the „Special Act on the Protection of Children from Child Abuse, Exploitation, and Discrimination.” [19] This Act expressly restricts the employment of children under the age of 15, with the same exceptions as R.A. 7658, with additional provisions on limiting the number of hours of child labour, provisions on expanding access for working children to education, social, medical and legal assistance. Article 98 Application of the title. This Title does not apply to agricultural leases, domestic servants and persons who work in their respective homes for manual work or a duly registered cottage trade. However, this can only be done if the employment contract is concluded by the child`s parents or legal guardians, if possible with the express consent of the child concerned and with the consent of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. In addition, the employer must ensure the protection, health, safety, morals and normal development of the child; take measures to prevent exploitation or discrimination against the child, taking into account the system and level of remuneration and the duration and organisation of working time; And shall, subject to the approval and supervision of the competent authorities, develop and implement a continuous programme for the education and acquisition of the child`s skills. Finally, before hiring such a child, the employer must obtain a work permit from the Ministry of Labour and Employment. In its 2013 report, Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, the U.S.
Department of Labor estimated the percentage of working children ages 5 to 14 at about 11 percent, or about 2,180 million children. 65 per cent of these children worked in agriculture, 5 per cent in the industrial sector and 29 per cent in domestic services. [6] The 2014 list of goods produced by child labor or forced labor reported 13 goods produced solely by child labor in the Philippines. This included 8 agricultural estates (namely sugar cane, bananas, coconuts, corn, pigs, rice, rubber and tobacco). Gold mining, pornography and pyrotechnics complete the list. No child under the age of 15 may work if he or she does not work under the sole responsibility of his or her parents or guardians and if such work does not interfere with his or her education or if the employment or participation of a child in performances or public information through cinema, theatre, radio, television or other media is essential. Are there any restrictions or restrictions on hours of work and can an employee refuse such restrictions or restrictions? There are several reasons why children under the age of 18 are pushed to work. Here are some of the key questions. The salary must be paid directly to the employee in cash, legal tender or through a bank. Public opinion and international organizations such as ILO and UNICEF, as well as the local Ministry of Justice, urged that section 12 of Article VII of RA 7610 be amended, as this was a flagrant violation of ILO Convention No. 59. A new law called R.A.
to this effect was passed in October 1993 7658 or „Law prohibiting the employment of children under 15 years of age in public and private enterprises”. [7] R.A. 7658 allows only two exceptions to the prohibition of employment below the minimum age, on the one hand, for the child concerned „to work directly under the sole responsibility of his parents or legal guardian and when only members of the employer`s family are employed” and, on the other hand, „where the employment of a child in public performances or cinema news, Theatre, radio or television are essential.” In addition, the new law requires employers to first obtain a DOLE work permit for the child before the child can begin working. [18] As mentioned in Question 6, the Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act prohibits the rejection of an application, in whole or in part, on the basis of real, perceived or suspected HIV status. Access to personal data related to an employee`s hepatitis B status is bound by confidentiality rules and strictly limited to medical personnel or required by law (DOLE Department Notice No. 05-10). Employers are not required by law to publish information about employment details. Details of salary and compensation are often kept confidential. a. „Person” means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, legal representative or organized group of persons. Employers must provide workers with all forms of protection in the workplace against injury, illness or death through safe and healthy working conditions.
With regard to concerted activities, participation in an illegal strike by union officials, the commission of illegal acts by union officers or employees and the violation of a return-to-work order issued by the Minister of Labour are also grounds for termination of the employment relationship. 130 Prohibition of night work. No woman, whatever her age, may be employed or permitted to work or suffer, with or without pay: a. in an industrial enterprise or a branch of an industrial enterprise between ten o`clock in the morning and six o`clock in the morning of the next day; or b. on any commercial or non-commercial operation or branch thereof, other than agricultural holdings, between midnight and six o`clock in the morning of the following day; or c. On each holding at night, unless a rest period of at least nine (9) consecutive hours is granted. Art. 131 Exceptions. The prohibitions provided for in the preceding Article shall not apply in any of the following cases: a. In the event of an actual or imminent emergency caused by major accidents, fires, floods, typhoons, earthquakes, epidemics or other disasters or disasters aimed at preventing loss of life or property, or in cases of force majeure or imminent danger to public safety; b.
urgent work on machinery, equipment or plant in order to avoid serious losses that the employer would otherwise suffer; c. the work is necessary to avoid a serious loss of perishable goods; d. if the worker exercises a responsible managerial or technical function or if he has been entrusted with the provision of health and social services; e. if the nature of the work requires the manual skills and dexterity of the workers and this cannot be carried out by male workers with the same efficiency; f. where the workers are immediate family members who run the operation or business; and g. Among other similar cases, which are exempted by the Minister of Labour and Employment in the corresponding regulations. 132 Women`s institutions. The Minister of Labour and Employment sets standards that guarantee the safety and health of women workers. In appropriate cases, it obliges each employer by regulation: a.
to provide appropriate seats for women and to allow them to use such seats when they are not working and during working hours, provided that they can perform their duties in that position without compromising efficiency; b. establish separate washrooms for men and women and provide at least one change room for women; c. the establishment of a crèche in the workplace for the benefit of women working there; and d.