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The Labor Code and other legislated labor laws are implemented primarily by government agencies, namely, Department of Labor and Employment and Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (now the country's Department of Migrant Workers). Non-government entities, such as the trade unions and employers, also play a role in the country's labor.
Moreover, Philippine jurisprudence has long applied a rule that any doubts in the interpretation of law, especially the Labor Code, will be resolved in favor of labor and against management. The Labor Code has been amended numerous times since it was first enacted. The most significant amendment was brought about by the passage of Republic Act ...
Labor, employment and human resource development; Maintenance of industrial peace; Promotion of employer-employee cooperation; Labor education, standards and statistics; Organization of the labor market including recruitment, training and placement of workers and exports of human resources; Foreign workers in the Philippines
The 1998 Employment Equality Act (IE9909144F), [23] repealing the 1974 Anti-Discrimination (Pay) Act and the 1977 Employment Equality Act Israel The 1998 Law for Option Equality at Work and the 1996 Law for Equal Pay for Female Worker and Male Worker Italy The Constitution (Articles 3 and 37), [24] Law 903/1977 (Article 2), and Law 125/1991 Latvia
Employment and manpower development inclusive of the promotion of industrial peace and employer-employee cooperation; Labor education; Labor standards and statistics; Organization and development of the labor market including the recruitment, training and placement of manpower
As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction is on the rights and welfare of women and female children and youth, including their education, employment and working conditions, and their role in nation building, and all concerns relating to gender equality. [1]
The Philippines has adhered to the UDHR through the Bill of Rights, and continued to create laws and policies that cater to a specific sector, like the Labor Code and the Indigenous Peoples' Rights. [clarification needed] Besides the UDHR, the Philippines is a signatory to 8 of the 9 UN core human rights treaties, namely:
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) was founded on December 8, 1933, by virtue of Act No. 4121 of the Philippine Legislature. It was renamed as the Ministry of Labor and Employment in 1978. The agency was reverted to its original name after the People Power Revolution in 1986. [4]