AN ACT TO PROVIDE A SYSTEM OF ASSISTANCE AND INCENTIVES TO FAMILIES OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO IN TIMES OF NEED AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT’S DEPLOYMENT BAN TO KUWAIT, INCLUDING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE REPATRIATED OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THOSE WHOSE PLACEMENT HAS BEEN DEFERRED IN THE WAKE OF SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF DEATH OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN THE SAID ARAB COUNTRY

AN ACT SETTING HIGHER STANDARDS OF PROTECTION OF MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AMENDING FOR SUCH PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042 OTHERWISE ENTITLED AN ACT TO INSTITUTE POLICIES OF OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT AND ESTABLISH A HIGHER STANDARD OF PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE WELFARE OF MIGRANT WORKERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS IN DISTRESS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; AND FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE RECENT DEATHS OF JOANNA DANIELA DEMAFELIS AND JOSIE LLOREN, AS WELL AS SIMILAR MALTREATMENTS AND DEATHS OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) THROUGH THE YEARS, WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF FORMULATING EFFECTIVE MEASURES AND POLICIES TO PROACTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY ASSIST AND PROTECT OUR MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER DEPLOYMENT

AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT A RE-EXAMINATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, OF THE GOVERNMENT’S MIGRATION POLICIES IN THE WAKE OF CONTINUED ABUSES AND EXPLOITATION SUFFERED BY OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS), WITH AN END-IN-VIEW OF PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF EVERY FILIPINO MIGRANT WORKER, OUR MODERN DAY HEROES

AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE OF THE PRESCRIBED INCREASES AND ADJUSTMENTS IN THE WAGE RATES OF WORKERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6727, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'WAGE RATIONALIZATION ACT,' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES AND LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7699 OR THE PORTABILITY LAW, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ADDRESSING THE SEEMING NON-COMPLIANCE OF THE STATE-RUN PENSION FUNDS AND REVIEWING THE EXISTING BENEFITS, INCLUDING PENSION, OF EMPLOYEES IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS

AN ACT FURTHER PROVIDING PROTECTION FOR WOMEN AGAINST ABUSES OF UNEQUAL POWER RELATIONS, EXPANDING FOR THAT PURPOSE THE DEFINITION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND INCREASING THE PENALTIES THEREFOR, THEREBY AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7877 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ANENT THE PUBLIC SERVICES FUNCTION OF THE MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY (MARINA) VIS-A-VIS THE DEPLOYMENT AND PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF FILIPINO SEAFARERS, WITH THE END GOALS OF COMPLYING WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND CONVENTIONS OF SEAFARING AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION AND FORMULATING MEASURES AND/OR POLICIES TO RECLAIM AND SUSTAIN THE TOP NOTCH WORLD CLASS STATUS OF THE PHILIPPINES' SEAFARING INDUSTRY OR SECTOR

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL BENEFITS AND PROTECTION TO THE HOUSEHELPERS THEREBY AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ARTICLES 141, 142, 143, 148, AND 151 OF CHAPTER III OF P.D. 442, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INFLUX OF CHINESE NATIONALS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND RELATED ISSUES ON THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF IMMIGRATION AND LABOR LAWS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING LEGISLATION TO PREVENT SURGE MIGRATION

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT ANY EMPLOYER, LABOR CONTRACTOR AND LABOR ORGANIZATION FROM DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ANY INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S AGE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ISSUES ARISING FROM THE REGULARIZATION OF EMPLOYEES WITH A VIEW TO ADDRESS GAPS THEREIN THROUGH LEGISLATION OR POLICY REVIEW

AN ACT FURTHER STRENGTHENING VOLUNTARY ARBITRATION AS THE PREFERENTIAL MODE OF LABOR DISPUTE SETTLEMENT, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ARTICLES 217, 260, 261, 262-A, 262-B, 263(G) AND ARTICLE 277(F), AND INCORPORATING A NEW ARTICLE 262-D OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE FEASIBILITY OF INSTITUTIONALIZING A FOUR (4) DAY COMPRESSED WORK WEEK IN THE COUNTRY, TO STUDY THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF THESE PROPOSALS, AND TO ENSURE THAT SUCH WOULD NEITHER IMPINGE UPON THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS, NOR IMPOSE UNNECESSARY COSTS ON BUSINESS AND CAPITAL

AN ACT GRANTING AN ANNUAL PRODUCTIVITY INCENTIVE TO ALL WORKERS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, ESTABLISHING MECHANISMS FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LABOR AND FINANCE, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE UTILIZATION OF THE PHP 1.4 BILLION WORTH OF FUNDS IN THE 2018 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR DISTRESSED OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) WHO ARE SEEKING ASSISTANCE IN RETURNING TO THE COUNTRY, ON WHETHER THESE AMOUNTS WERE UTILIZED EFFECTIVELY AND REACHED THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES, AND TO INCLUDE THESE INFORMATION IN THE DELIBERATIONS IN THE NATIONAL EXPENDITURE PROGRAM (NEP) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019

AN ACT PENALIZING THE ACT OF MONEYLENDING WITH INTEREST BY SALARY-DISBURSING OFFICERS IN PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ENTITIES, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON SOCIAL DUMPING AND THE PLIGHT OF THE TWENTY-TWO (22) FILIPINO TRUCK DRIVERS RESCUED/ APPREHENDED IN PADBORG, DENMARK

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION IN AID OF LEGISLATION INTO ONLINE GAMING IN THE PHILIPPINES FOR THE PURPOSE OF UPDATING THE LAW TO BETTER REGULATE THE INDUSTRY AND ENHANCE REVENUE GENERATION

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A P125.00 DAILY ACROSS-THE-BOARD INCREASE IN THE SALARY RATES OF EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION TO DIRECT THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED FAILURE OF PHILIPPINE OFFSHORE GAMING OPERATIONS (POGO) ESTABLISHMENTS TO COMPLY WITH GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS WITH REGARD TO THEIR FOREIGN NATIONAL EMPLOYEES LEADING TO TAX REVENUE LOSSES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF CRAFTING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD INCREASE OUR CAPABILITY TO MEET THE INCREASING CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTING OUR LAWS ON RESIDENT FOREIGN NATIONALS

AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLES 135 AND 137 OF THE LABOR CODE (PD 442 AS AMENDED) SO AS TO EXPAND THE PROHIBITED ACTS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN ON ACCOUNT OF SEX, AGE, ETHNIC ORIGIN OR BELIEFS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT A RE-EXAMINATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ANENT THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS OF THE GOVERNMENT TO HELP OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS WITH THE INTENTION OF FORMULATING FOCUSED MEANINGFUL AND VIABLE MECHANISMS INCLUDING FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM TO ASSIST MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE USE OF THEIR EARNINGS

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A WORKING TIME FLEXIBILIZATION IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, THEREBY AMENDING ARTICLE 83, 85, AND 87 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE FOUR HUNDRED FORTY TWO (PD 442), AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE JOB GENERATION PROGRAM OF THE GOVERNMENT IN THE FACE OF THE STRONG GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) GROWTH IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2013 THAT HAS GENERATED FEWER JOBS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING THAT FILIPINOS HAVE ACCESS TO QUALITY JOBS ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HIGHER ECONOMIC GROWTH

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY ONE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE SOCIAL SECURITY LAW, AS AMENDED, INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR NON-REMITTANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM BY THE EMPLOYER

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON FOREIGN RELATIONS AND ON YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS TO LOOK INTO THE ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT OF SELECTED EMBASSY OFFICIALS AND STAFF POSTED IN THE MIDDLE EAST ON THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF DISTRESSED OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS CURRENTLY BEING SHELTERED INSIDE EMBASSY PREMISES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING CURRENT MECHANISMS IN THE REPATRIATION OF BELEAGUERED MIGRANT WORKERS

AN ACT PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF AND PROVIDING PROTECTION TO JOURNALISTS, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY, AND CIVIL SERVICE AND GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION TO LOOK INTO THE PLIGHT OF FILIPINO NURSES, THEIR WORK AND EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL MANPOWER DATA AND PLACEMENT CENTER, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR

RESOLUTION URGING PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III TO DECLARE THE YEAR 2013 AS THE YEAR OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR COURAGE, DETERMINATION AND SELF-SACRIFICE FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR FAMILIES AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE

AN ACT PRESCRIBING WORK ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SECURITY OF TENURE, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE, ARTICLES 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164 AND 165 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBER FOUR HUNDRED FORTY TWO (PD 442), AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE STATE OF THE EMERGENCY REPATRIATION FUND UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION, CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA), TO EVALUATE ITS UTILIZATION AND DISBURSEMENT, AND ASSESS ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN ADDRESSING THE PROMPT NEEDS OF DISTRESSED OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) WORLDWIDE

AN ACT EXPANDING THE EXCEPTIONS FROM THE NIGHT WORK PROHIBITION OF WOMEN EMPLOYEES, THEREBY AMENDING ARTICLE 131 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBER FOUR HUNDRED FORTY TWO (PD 442), AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED CONTINUED ILLEGAL DEPLOYMENT OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS TO IRAQ AND OTHER WAR-TORN COUNTRIES DESPITE A COMPLETE BAN IMPOSED BY THE GOVERNMENT

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE NEW LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CONTINUED PREVALENCE OF THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR, AND THE URGENT NEED FOR PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF OUR EXISTING LAWS TO CURB THESE LABOR ABUSES

AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 287 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, BY PROVIDING AN EARLIER AGE OF RETIREMENT FOR CERTAIN CLASSES OF EMPLOYEES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON FILIPINO SEAMEN REPORTEDLY FAILING TO MEET INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 287 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, BY REQUIRING EMPLOYERS TO RELEASE THE RETIREMENT PAY OF EMPLOYEES WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS FROM SUBMISSION OF COMPLETE DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CREATION OF INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS TO ADDRESS THE GENDER INEQUALITY IN LABOR MARKETS BY PROVIDING WOMEN WITH ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE WORKERS' CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, REPEALING AND REPLACING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CREATION OF QUALITY JOBS WITH A STRONGER LINK BETWEEN PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AND WAGE GROWTH

AN ACT MANDATING THE SECRETARY OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT TO CONDUCT RESEARCH ON PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT IN LIEU OF RETRENCHMENT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALARMING INCREASE OF INCIDENTS OF INCEST IN THE COUNTRY WHICH CAN BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE FEMINIZATION OF LABOR MIGRATION

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PROTECTION FROM REPRISALS TO EMPLOYEES OF CONTRACTORS FOR DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION RELATING TO SUBSTANTIAL VIOLATION OF LAW RELATED TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS INCLUDING THE COMPETITION FOR OR NEGOTIATION OF A CONTRACT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE DEPLORABLE SITUATION OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN SAUDI ARABIA WHO ARE FORCED TO SELL THEIR BLOOD FOR DAILY SUBSISTENCE AND EARN EXTRA INCOME TO SEND REMITTANCES TO THEIR FAMILIES