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The Labor Code of The Philippines

This document outlines the key provisions of the Labor Code of the Philippines, including its purpose to protect labor rights, promote employment, and ensure just working conditions. It declares the basic policy of the state to protect workers, promote full employment, and regulate employer-employee relations. It also specifies that any ambiguities in interpreting the code will be resolved in favor of labor rights.

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The Labor Code of The Philippines

This document outlines the key provisions of the Labor Code of the Philippines, including its purpose to protect labor rights, promote employment, and ensure just working conditions. It declares the basic policy of the state to protect workers, promote full employment, and regulate employer-employee relations. It also specifies that any ambiguities in interpreting the code will be resolved in favor of labor rights.

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THE LABOR CODE OF THE

PHILIPPINES
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO.442,
AS AMENDED.
THE LABOR CODE OF THE
PHILIPPINES
 A DECREE INSTITUTING A LABOR CODE
THEREBY REVISING AND CONSOLIDATING
LABOR AND SOCIAL LAWS TO AFFORD
PROTECTION TO LABOR, PROMOTE
EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES
DEVELOPMENT AND INSURE INDUSTRIAL
PEACE BASED ON SOCIAL JUSTICE.
PRELIMINARY TITLE
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 1
Name of Decree
 This Decree shall be known as the "Labor
Code of the Philippines".
ARTICLE 2
Date of Effectivity
 This Code shall take effect six (6) months
after its promulgation.
ARTILE 3
Declaration of Basic Policy
 The State shall afford protection to labor,
promote full employment, ensure equal
work opportunities regardless of sex, race
or creed and regulate the relations
between workers and employers. The
State shall assure the rights of workers to
self-organization, collective bargaining,
security of tenure, and just and humane
conditions of work.
ARTICLE 4
Construction in Favor of Labor
 All doubts in the implementation and
interpretation of the provisions of this
Code, including its implementing rules and
regulations, shall be resolved in favor of
labor.
ARTICLE 5
Rules and regulations
 The Department of Labor and other
government agencies charged with the
administration and enforcement of this
Code or any of its parts shall promulgate
the necessary implementing rules and
regulations. Such rules and regulations
shall become effective fifteen (15) days
after announcement of their adoption in
newspapers of general circulation.
ARTICLE 6
Applicability

 All rights and benefits granted to workers


under this Code shall, except as may
otherwise be provided herein, apply alike
to all workers, whether agricultural or
non-agricultural. (As amended by
Presidential Decree No. 570-A, November
1, 1974).

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