The Basic Rights of

Employees
According to DOLE
(Department of Labor and Employment)
The Basic Rights of Employees
O People can enjoy more the job
opportunities in the Philippines when laws
on working conditions are strictly followed.
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Equal Work Opportunities for All
The State shall protect labor, promote full employment, provide
equal work opportunity regardless of gender, race, or creed; and
regulate employee-employer relations.

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 Security of Tenure
Every employee shall be assured security of tenure. No employee
can be dismissed from work except for a just or authorized cause,
and only after due process.

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 Work Days and Work Hours
Work Day refers to any day during
which an employee is regularly
required to work. Hours of Work refer
to all the time an employee renders
actual work, or is required to be on
duty or to be at a prescribed
workplace.

The normal hours of work in a day is

8 hours. This includes breaks or rest
period of less than one hour, but
excludes meal periods, which shall
not be less than one hour.

An employee must be paid his or her

wages for all hours worked.

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 Weekly Rest Day
A day-off of 24 consecutive hours after 6 days of work should
be scheduled by the employer upon consultation with the
workers.

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Wage and Wage-Related Benefits
Wage is the amount paid to an
employee in exchange for a
task, piece of work, or service
rendered to an employer.

Wage may be fixed for a given

period, as when it is computed
hourly, daily or monthly. It may
also be fixed for a specified task
or result.

An employer cannot make any

deduction from an employee's
wage except for insurance
premiums with the consent of
the employee.
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 Payment of Wages
Wages shall be paid in cash, legal tender at or near the place of
work. Wages shall be given not less than once every two (2)
weeks or twice within a month at intervals not exceeding 16
days.

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 Employment of Women
Night work prohibition unless allowed by the
Rules:
• in industrial undertakings from 10PM to
6AM
• in commercial/non-industrial undertakings
from 12MN to 6AM
• in agricultural undertakings, at night time
unless given not less than 9 consecutive
hours of rest

Welfare facilities must be installed at the

workplace such as seats, separate toilet
rooms, lavatories, and dressing rooms.

Prohibition against discrimination with

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 Employment of Children

Minimum employable age is 15

years. A worker below 15 years of
age should be directly under the sole
responsibility of parents or
guardians; work does not interfere
with child's schooling/normal
development.

No person below 18 years of age

can be employed in a hazardous or
deleterious undertaking.

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 Safe Working Conditions
Employers must provide workers with every kind of on-the-job
protection against injury, sickness or death through safe and
healthful working conditions.

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 Right to Self-Organization and
Collective Bargaining
The right to self-organization is the right of
every worker, free of any interference from
the employer or from government, to form or
join any legitimate worker's organization,
association or union of his or her own
choice.

Except those classified as managerial or

confidential employees, all employees may
form or join unions for purposes of collective
bargaining and other legitimate concerted
activities. An employee is eligible for
membership in an
appropriate union on the first day of his or
her employment.

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EC Benefits for Work-Related Contingencies
The Employees' Compensation Program is the tax-exempt compensation program for
employees and their dependents created under Presidential Decree No. 626 which
was implemented in March 1975. The benefits include:
• Medical benefits for sickness/injuries
• Disability benefits
• Rehabilitation benefits
• Death and funeral benefits
• Pension benefits

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Source: Department of Labor and Employment
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