WHEREAS,
all human beings, irrespective of race, creed, sex, belief, or station
in life, have the right to pursue both their material well-being and
their spiritual development in conditions of freedom and dignity, of
economic security and equal opportunity;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, everyone has the right to work to free choice of employment,
to just and favorable conditions to work and to protection against
unemployment;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is the duty of Government to provide the necessary
atmosphere conducive to economic growth and the ultimate realization of
raising the standards of living of the people through the provision of
measures calculated to establish an integrated and active Employment
Policy; and
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the Government to hasten the attainment of
the foregoing plausible objective and to effect full and freely chosen
employment for the Filipino people;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, in order to
effect the desired reforms in the social, economic and political
structure of the country, do hereby decree and order that I.L.O
Convention No. 122 Concerning Employment Policy, be adopted by the
Republic of the Philippines. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
A copy of this Decree shall be transmitted to the Director-General,
International Labor Office pursuant to its rules.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 2nd day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-four.
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