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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1365
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1365 -
CREATING "RURAL WORKERS OFFICE" IN THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
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WHEREAS, it
is the policy of the State under the New Society to protect, promote
and develop the welfare of rural workers;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, rural workers especially the landless, belong to the forgotten
species of the labor force which have not been sufficiently covered by
the industrial benefit package and agricultural support mechanisms
espoused by government agencies;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, rural workers urgently need special assistance to raise their
capability for self-development and to link them up vitally with the
mainstream of progress and growth; and
WHEREAS, it is essential to establish an Office designed especially for
such purposes.
NOW, THEREFORE I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order
and decree:cralaw:red
Section 1. There is hereby created in the Department
of Labor a Rural Workers Office, hereinafter referred to as the
"Office", which shall be under the direct supervision and control of
the Secretary of Labor and shall be headed by an Executive Director
assisted by a Deputy Executive Director.
Section 2. The Executive Director and the Deputy
Executive Director shall be appointed by the President of the
Philippines upon recommendation of the Secretary of Labor. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. The Office shall have the following powers
and functions:cralaw:red
a) To exercise general supervision and control over
the social amelioration program in the sugar industry and all such
programs as may be established under the succeeding paragraph;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
b) To determine and recommend social amelioration
programs for the rural workers; which programs shall include the amount
of fees and charges, the mode of collection and disposition, subject to
the approval by the President;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
c) To indicate, undertake, arrange or authorize
research projects to identify and study socio-economic problems of
rural workers and propose solution thereto;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
d) To progress and evaluate proposed socio-economic
projects for rural workers under the social amelioration programs, for
approval by the Secretary of Labor;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
e) To supervise, regulate and audit implementation of
approved socio-economic projects for rural workers and their families
and to monitor the progress of these projects;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
f) To engage in income and employment generating
projects provided that they are geared towards rural workers'
organization and training for self-reliance and self-development;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
g) To enter into agreements for the development of
rural employment, provisions of skills and placement facilities for
rural workers in coordination with appropriate institutions including
international agencies;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
h) To provide special assistance for the organization
of rural workers into unions, cooperatives and other appropriate forms
of organization;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
i) To register, regulate and maintain exclusive
control and supervision over rural workers cooperatives and unions
under the social amelioration program;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
j) To assist misplaced, unassimilated and unemployed
rural workers and their families in the urban areas by helping them
equip them with skills for urban employment or for returning to the
countryside; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
k) To assist, in coordination with other government
agencies, in the enforcement of policies and programs designed to
protect and promote the welfare of rural workers, including improvement
of their working conditions;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
l) To receive donations, grants and other forms of
assistance from domestic and international sources, and enter into
agreements with such agencies for the carrying out of the foregoing
functions; and
m) To exercise such other functions as may be
assigned by the Secretary of Labor.
Section 4. The Secretary of Labor shall establish
offices in the regions and such other extension offices as may be
deemed appropriate.
Section 5. The technical staff and other personnel of
the Office shall be appointed by the Secretary of Labor upon
recommendation of the Executive Director, Provided, That civil service
eligibility requirements and OCPC positions and salary schedules shall
not apply to personnel and positions of the Office declared highly
technical.
Section 6. There shall be constituted a Special
Project Fund (SPF) in the name of the Secretary of Labor which shall
come from the P0.10 per picul of sugar produced as originally decreed
by Presidential Decree 788 and all fees and charges levied and
collected by the Office in accordance with the social amelioration
program as provided for in Section 3 par. (b) of this Decree. The
Special Project Fund shall be used to finance socio-economic projects
for the benefit of the rural workers. When deemed appropriate, a
portion of the Special Project Fund as determined by the Secretary of
Labor may be set side for lending purposes to qualified rural workers
borrowers. The Commission on Audit is hereby authorized to audit
periodically the expenditure charged against the Fund. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 7. The Office shall adopt an annual budget of
expenditures for its personnel services, maintenance and other
operating expenses and capital outlay which is hereby authorized to be
appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury that are not
otherwise appropriated.
Section 8. The Secretary of Labor shall issue rules
and regulations to implement the provisions of this Decree. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 9. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 1st day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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