particular group of workers. In 1994, the Supreme
Court likewise upheld the authority of the Secretary
of Labor to prescribe minimum
age and skills
requirements as preconditions to the deployment of
performing artists.
184. Other major legislative
cited are the following:
changes
that
may
be
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*
«
*
*
RA 6715
*
*
*
RA6727 or the 1989 Wage Rationalization Act;
RA6725 of 1989 that strengthened the prohibition
on discrimination against women;
RA6971 or the 1990 Productivity Incentives Act;
RA7641 or the 1992 New Retirement Law;
RA 7655 prescribing a minimum wage for house
helpers;
RA 7699 of 1994 which mandates the limited
portability scheme in Social Security Insurance
*
*
*
*
or the 1989
New
Labor Relations Law;
*
RA 7877 or the 1995 Anti-Sexual Harassment
Law;
RA 7875 or the 1995 National Health Insurance
Act:
Department Order No. 26 series of 1995 that
provided for integrated guidelines in accessing
the funds of the workers organization and
development program:
RA 8187 or the 1996 Paternity Leave Act;
*
*
*
*
RA
8291
or the
1997
New
Government
Service
Order
No.
21-95
and
Department
deployment of performing
Department
Order
No.
artists;
O9
series
of
the
for
1997
liberalizing the registration of unions and other
forms of workers organizations;
Department Order No. 18 series of 2002 on the
new rules on subcontracting;
Department Order No. 10 series of 1997 on the
new rules on subcontracting:
Department Order No. 19 and Memorandum
Circular No. 19 series of 1997 requiring training,
«
Systems;
*
Department
Order No. 18 series of 1995 rationalizing
conditions, requirements and
procedures
EO 180 series of 1987 that governs the right of
public sector employees to organize;
«
Department Order No. 18 series of 1995 relating to
the training, testing, certification and registration
of vulnerable workers;
*
testing, certification and registration of domestic
helpers bound for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
and Kuwait;
Department Order No. 14 series of 2001 on
guidelines
governing
the
employment
and
working conditions of security guards and similar
personne! in the private security industry;
Department Order No. 65-04 on Rules and
Regulations Implementing Republic Act No. 9321
Amending R.A. 7610, as amended.
186. The direction of judicial! decisions interpreting
these laws and regulations has been to affirm the
constitutional policy of protection to labor and the
primacy
of the
police
power
in cases
where
workers
are exposed to employment conditions which tend to
give rise to exploitation.
Insurance System Act;
RA 8282
*
*
RA 8972 or the Solo Parents Welfare Act of 2000:
RA 9231 or an Act Providing for the Elimination
of the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Affording
Stronger
Protection
for the
Working
Child,
Amending for the Purpose;
RA 7610, as amended, otherwise known as “The
Special
Protection of Children Against Child
realization of right to work
*
or the 1997
New Social Security Act;
Question No. 6. International assistance in the full
*
187. The
World
Bank financed
Vocational
create an environment conducive to investment and
employment generation.
Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination”;
Article
*
RA 9178 Barangay Micro
(BMBEs) Act of 2002;
Question No. 1. ILO Conventions to which the
*
RA 9257 or the “Expanded Senior Citizens Act of
Business
Training
Project Il which aims to support government efforts to
7
Enterprises
Philippines is a party
2003".
185. The executive branch also issued rules and
guidelines implementing the foregoing laws. Among
the most important issuances by the DOLE in the area
of industrial relations are:
188. The Philippines is not
following Conventions:
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EO
330
higher
series
of 1994
education
adopting
the expanded
equivalency
accreditation
program;
82
cure ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HANDBOOK
State
Party
to
No. 131
(Minimum Wage-Fixing), 1970;
*
*
ILO Convention
a
ILO Convention No. 14
(Weekly Rest [Industry]), 1921;
*
ILO Convention No, 106
(Weekly Rest [Commerce and Offices]), 1957;
the