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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1410
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1410 -
CREATING THE POPULATION/FAMILY PLANNING OFFICE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR
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WHEREAS,
the government has undertaken a national program on population and
family planning involving both public and private sector for the
purpose of furthering national development;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Department of Labor has engaged in a Population/Family
Planning Program basically concerned in improving the quality of life
of the Filipino workers and their families, pursuant to Article 134 of
Presidential Decree 442 known as the Labor Code of the Philippines as
amended;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Population/Family Planning Project in the Department of
Labor has been initiated with financial assistance from UNFPA in March
1975 to implement the family planning provision of the Labor Code;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is no specific office or bureau in the Department of
Labor which shall continue to implement the family planning program and
maintain what has been achieved upon termination of the Project on
December 31, 1977;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Department of Labor is committed to absorb the project
staff and to assume operational costs consonant with the provisions of
the Project Sub-Agreement entered into between the Department of Labor,
Commission on Population and the National Economic Development
Authority, representing the Philippine Government, and the UNFPA;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is essential to establish an office designed specifically
for such purpose. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines do hereby decree:cralaw:red
Section 1. There is hereby created in the Department
of Labor a Population/Family Planning 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 Republic
of the Philippines upon recommendation of the Secretary of Labor, and
shall receive an annual salary of P26,000 and P24,000
respectively. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. The Office shall have the following powers
and functions:cralaw:red
(a) To provide plans and programs that will make
positive contribution to national development through the
institutionalization of family planning and welfare services in all
establishments covered by the Labor Code.
(b) To harness the efforts of all agro-industrial
groups in the furtherance of the national population program by
integrating family planning and welfare in the health, education,
manpower development and welfare programs undertaken by labor and
management.
(c) To supervise, coordinate and monitor the
implementation of the family planning and welfare program in covered
establishments.
(d) To develop policies and guidelines for program
implementation in covered establishments.
(e) To undertake studies and field inquiries
pertinent to the population/family planning and welfare program of the
Department of Labor.
(f) To provide for the information, education and
communication (IEC) needs of covered establishments in relation to the
family planning and welfare program by formulating IEC strategies and
developing or producing IEC materials among others.
(g) To develop and prescribe incentive schemes to
facilitate family planning acceptance in covered establishments.
(h) To coordinate with other organizations or
agencies involved in the family planning and welfare program. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(i) To assist bureaus, offices and attached agencies
of the Department of Labor in integrating family planning and welfare
in their training and staff development programs.
(j) To exercise 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.
Section 6. The Secretary of Labor shall issue orders
and regulations to implement the provisions of this Decree.
Section 7. All laws, decrees, general orders or
letters of instructions of any provisions thereof contrary or
inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified.
Section 8. The Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 9th day of June in the Year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Seventy-Eight.
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