Tuesday, 21 June 2011 09:21
Angara said that the bill is very timely especially with the increasing demand for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) agents, many of whom are women. "There can only be meaningful development when human rights are respected," Angara said, adding that "protecting our women and children must never be sacrificed for the sake of productivity or of
economic progress."
"This is very important because the law enhances certain rights of women and will benefit growing industries like our BPOs which contribute a lot at providing employment for our people. The law
finally removes restrictive and discriminatory provisions against our women night workers," Angara added.
The President just signed into law in simple Palace ceremonies the "Act Rationalizing Nightwork Prohibition on Women Workers, thereby amending Articles 130 and 131 of Presidential Decree 442, as amended, otherwise known as the Labor Code of the Philippines."
Since the House of Representatives adopted Senate Bill No. 2701 as an amendment to House Bill No. 4276, the measure did not undergo the usual bicameral conference committee meetings where conflicting provisions of House and Senate-approved measures on the same subjects are reconciled.
Angara noted that during the current decade, the Philippines showed determined efforts to concretize its commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted in 1949.
He cited Philippine laws that really impact on human rights and these, among others, include: the Anti-Violence against women and their children Act of 2004; the Migrant Workers Act of 1995; the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006; the Anti-Torture Act of 2009 and the Magna Carta of Women.
Source: http://www.congress.gov.ph
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