Aklan Congressman Florencio ‘Joeben’ T. Miraflores had considered introducing and sponsoring a bill to amend Book Three, Title III vis-à-vis working conditions for special groups of women specifically Article One, Hundred Thirty-Two, facilities for women of the Labor Code for the purpose of strict compliance and establish working conditions for women.
Miraflores cites the existing Labor Code provision and thereafter, his proposed amendments, thus:” Sec. l, Article l32 of Book III of the Labor Code, par.(a) states that Facilities for women, the Secretary of Labor and Employment shall establish standards that will ensure the safety and health of women employees. In appropriate cases, he shall, by regulations, require any employer to: {a} Provide seats for women and permit them to use such seats when they are free from work and during working hours, provided they can perform their duties in this position without detriment to efficiency, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“The commercial establishments shall be required to provide seats to be made available to salesladies, cashiers, security guards and other personnel during personnel during working hours and permit them to use such seats, provided they can perform their duties in this positions without detriment to efficiency and when the customers do not need their actual attention which need standing up. The salesladies, cashiers, security guards, and other sales personnel provided when customers are not in the vicinity of their area of responsibility.
“To reinforce the implementation of these rules, particularly to salesladies, cashiers, security guards and other employees of malls, supermarket, banks and the like to ensure good employee working conditions.”
In his explanatory note, Congressman Miraflores emphasized:
“This bill seeks strict compliance and immediate implementation of reinforcing working conditions on establishments for men and women to improve the welfare of the workers.
“It also seeks the reinforcement of what is established under the Labor Code of the Philippines, Article 132 of Book III to provide and permit the employees of malls, supermarket, banks and the like the use of seats, as long as they can perform their duties in this position without impairing the efficiency of their work and when the customers do not need their actual, immediate attention which need standing up.
“The implementation of these rules has been taken for granted by the employers of establishment to mention malls, supermarkets, bank and the like where the employed sales ladies, cashier, security guards and others are not provided seats which is not employee friendly and detrimental to their health and working conditions of employees having to stand up 8 hours a day.
“This bill concerns the safety and equitableness of working men and women in establishments. Hence, this proposal is made to ensure protection of working employees and offered them worker friendly working conditions and strict implementation of these rules.”
The Miraflores bill is a legislative amendment to the Labor Code whose time has come.
Notes: It has never been an I-told-you-so observation that various proposals for Charter change has surfaced recently. It is just that the Philippines is basically a political country. We cannot escape from political ideas and concepts…Various groups concerned about the plight of Boracay had recently recommended to Aklan Governor Carlito S. Marquez for a Boracay summit. It should be emphasized that the proponents for the summit are not from Boracay. Nor are they Boracay stakeholders. They are people concerned about the preservation of God’s gift to Aklan and the Philippines – Boracay!...
Miraflores cites the existing Labor Code provision and thereafter, his proposed amendments, thus:” Sec. l, Article l32 of Book III of the Labor Code, par.(a) states that Facilities for women, the Secretary of Labor and Employment shall establish standards that will ensure the safety and health of women employees. In appropriate cases, he shall, by regulations, require any employer to: {a} Provide seats for women and permit them to use such seats when they are free from work and during working hours, provided they can perform their duties in this position without detriment to efficiency, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“The commercial establishments shall be required to provide seats to be made available to salesladies, cashiers, security guards and other personnel during personnel during working hours and permit them to use such seats, provided they can perform their duties in this positions without detriment to efficiency and when the customers do not need their actual attention which need standing up. The salesladies, cashiers, security guards, and other sales personnel provided when customers are not in the vicinity of their area of responsibility.
“To reinforce the implementation of these rules, particularly to salesladies, cashiers, security guards and other employees of malls, supermarket, banks and the like to ensure good employee working conditions.”
In his explanatory note, Congressman Miraflores emphasized:
“This bill seeks strict compliance and immediate implementation of reinforcing working conditions on establishments for men and women to improve the welfare of the workers.
“It also seeks the reinforcement of what is established under the Labor Code of the Philippines, Article 132 of Book III to provide and permit the employees of malls, supermarket, banks and the like the use of seats, as long as they can perform their duties in this position without impairing the efficiency of their work and when the customers do not need their actual, immediate attention which need standing up.
“The implementation of these rules has been taken for granted by the employers of establishment to mention malls, supermarkets, bank and the like where the employed sales ladies, cashier, security guards and others are not provided seats which is not employee friendly and detrimental to their health and working conditions of employees having to stand up 8 hours a day.
“This bill concerns the safety and equitableness of working men and women in establishments. Hence, this proposal is made to ensure protection of working employees and offered them worker friendly working conditions and strict implementation of these rules.”
The Miraflores bill is a legislative amendment to the Labor Code whose time has come.
Notes: It has never been an I-told-you-so observation that various proposals for Charter change has surfaced recently. It is just that the Philippines is basically a political country. We cannot escape from political ideas and concepts…Various groups concerned about the plight of Boracay had recently recommended to Aklan Governor Carlito S. Marquez for a Boracay summit. It should be emphasized that the proponents for the summit are not from Boracay. Nor are they Boracay stakeholders. They are people concerned about the preservation of God’s gift to Aklan and the Philippines – Boracay!...
Viva kay Señor Sto. Nino ! Viva! /MP
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