Section 1.
Section three, seven and twelve of Republic Act Numbered Six hundred
seventy-nine are amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 3.
Employment of persons below eighteen years of age. — (a) No woman below
eighteen years shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work, with
or without compensation, in any bar, night club, dance hall, dancing
school for men, escort service, lodging house, massage clinic, hotel,
resort or other place of work similar to the foregoing, as hostess,
waitress, individual entertainer or escort for men, taxi-dancer,
professional dance partner, attendant, or in any other similar
capacity.cralaw
"(b) No child below eighteen years of age shall be
employed or permitted of suffered to work in any pharmacy or laboratory
for the preparation of drugs or pharmaceutical or chemical products.cralaw
"(c) No person below eighteen years of age shall be
employed or permitted of suffered to work in any shop, factory,
industrial or commercial establishment or other place or labor
—
"(1) where the work is done in connection with the
preparation of, or involves contamination with, any noxious, poisonous,
infectious or explosive substances; or
"(2) where the work, not otherwise specified in this
Act, involves serious danger to the life or health of the employee, as
the Secretary of Labor may determine after consultation with
representatives of employers and employees or organizations
thereof.
"For the purpose of paragraph (2)
of subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary of Labor shall from
time to time issue orders specifying the occupations which he
determines would involve serious danger to the life or health of the
employees and shall cause such orders to be published in newspapers of
general circulation or by such other means as he deems reasonably
calculated to give intersected persons generally notice of such
issuance. Any such order shall take effect thirty days after entry
thereof.
"Sec. 7. Employment of women. — (a) No woman,
regardless of age, shall be employed in any shop, factory, commercial
or industrial establishment or other place of labor to perform work
which requires the employee to work always standing or which involves
the lifting of heavy objects.
"(b) No woman, regardless of age, shall be employed
or permitted or suffered to work, with or without compensation, in any
industrial undertaking or branch thereof between ten o'clock at night
and six o'clock in the morning of the following day, except those who
are immediate members of the family operating or owning the same. An
employer may be exempted from the requirement of this subsection —
"(1) in case
of force majeure causing an interruption in the work which was not
foreseen and which is not of a securing character;
"(2) by the secretary of Labor, if he finds, after
the proper investigation, that the work has to do with raw materials or
materials in the course of treatment and which are subject to rapid
deteriorations and night work is necessary to preserve such materials
from loss; and
"(3) by the President of the Philippines, with or
without the recommendation of the Secretary of Labor, in case of
emergency where the national interests demand the suspension of the
night work prohibition for women in a particular industry or
industries.cralaw
"(c) No woman, regardless of age, shall be employed
or permitted or suffered to work, with or without compensation, in any
commercial or non-industrial and undertaking or branch thereof, other
than agricultural, between twelve o'clock midnight and seven o'clock in
the morning of the following day, except those who are immediate
members of the family owning or operating the same.
"(d) No woman,
regardless of age, shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work
in any agricultural undertaking at night time without giving her a
period of rest of not less than nine consecutive hours.cralaw
"The prohibition against night work for women provided for in
subsections (b), (c) and (d) hereof shall not apply to —
"(1) women holding responsible positions of a
managerial or technical character; and
"(2) women employed in health and welfare services.cralaw
"(c) In any shop, factory, commercial, industrial,
non- industrial, or agricultural establishment or other place of labor
where mean and women are employed, the employer shall not discriminate
against any woman in respect to terms and conditions of employment on
account of her sex, and shall pay equal remunerations for work of equal
value for both men and women employees.cralaw
"Section 12. Violation and penalties. — (a) It shall
be unlawful for any employer: (1) to discharge any woman employed by
him for the purpose of preventing such woman from enjoying the benefits
of sections seven or eight of this Act; (2) to discharge such woman on
account of her pregnancy, or while on leave or in confinement due to
her pregnancy, or (3) to discharge or refuse the admission of such
woman upon returning to her work for fear that she may again the
pregnant.cralaw
"(b) It shall be unlawful for any employer to
discharge any women or child employed by him for having filed a
complaint under this Act or to discharge such woman or child or any
other employee who has given testimony or is about to give testimony
under this Act.cralaw
"(c) It shall be unlawful for any employer to
discharge any women or child employed by him for any other cause which
is not attributable to the fault of such employee or
worker.
"(d) Any violation of any provisions of this Act
shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred pesos nor more
than five thousand pesos, or by imprisonment for not less than thirty
days nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in
the discretion of the Court.cralaw
"If the violation is committed by a firm, association or corporation,
the manager or, in his default, the person acting as such, shall be
liable."
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: June 16, 1954
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