employees with appropriate personalprotective equipment (PPE) to preventinjury
or impairmentin anypart of their bodies as well as ensure proper maintenance of
the PPE used in the workplace.
c. The DOLE, through its concerned agencies, shall make available occupational
safety and health (OSH) - related programs and services to women workers in
the formal and informal sectors. Theseinclude, but are notlimited to, the conduct
of OSH orientations and trainings, medical surveillance and research, screening
tests for reproductive tract diseases, provisions for technical support/advice, and
developmentofinformation, education and communication materials.
3. Work closely with both the employers and unions or worker representatives, in the
private sector in promoting a safe and healthy workplace. Further:
a. Employersbothin the public andprivate sectorsshall provide servicesin support to
balancing family obligations and work responsibilities. These include family health
services but notlimited to: day care and child minding centers, breastfeeding or
lactation stations with appropriate facilities and corresponding nursing/lactation
breaks, health education, counseling on breastfeeding, seminars on responsible
parenthood and family planning, non-sexist child-rearing, shared parenting and
family responsibility, annual family day, flexible work arrangements, and anti-sexual
harassment initiatives. Compliance by governmentagenciesand private employers
shall be monitored by the CSC and DOLE,respectively. In establishing facilities as
required by law, the LGUs shall make compliancethereofa pre-requisite in the grant
of any form of building and business permit
b. In the exercise of their labor rights, women workersare free to exercise their right
to self-organization and are encouraged to form unions and join associations.
The DOLE and CSC shall ensure that such rights are respected regardless of
the workers’ status and place of employment. DOLE and CSC shall also support
programsthatwill encourage womento developtheir leadershipskills to accelerate
their qualifications in positions of leadership.
c. Employees who are membersof indigenous communities shall be allowed to observe
their cultural practices in the workplaceprovided that the employeris notified by the
applicant or employee aboutthe cultural practice/s that she needs to observe and
the cultural practice/s will neither hamper workefficiency of the employee nor be
prejudicial to the operation of the workplace.
B.
In recognition of the temporary nature of overseas work and the needto exert all efforts
to address the causes of out-migration, the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC),
in the exercise ofits oversight functions in the implementation of the Social Reform
Agenda, shall ensure that policies and programsin addressing poverty reduction as well
asinitiatives taken bycivil society and the basic sectors shall include local employment
and other economic opportunities for women.
DTI, DOLE,other concerned government agencies, and the LGUsshall initiate investment
friendly policies, systems, programs and procedures as well as provide technical
assistance and supporting financial arrangements to returning women migrant workers
to help them establish local business.
The DFA, DOLE,Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), and Overseas
Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA)shall be responsible in protecting the rights
and promoting the welfare of women migrant workers especially those classified under
the vulnerable skills categories. These agencies shall review and forge bilateral and
multilateral labor agreements to ensure safe migration, better work conditions that
will curb violence against women migrant workers; conduct professional and personal
development among women migrant workers throughlivelihood and skills development
trainings, seminars, and scholarship grants; and mainstream entrepreneurship and GAD
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