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All employers are required to pay their
employees regardless of the nature of
the latter's employment and the
method of salary payment provided
they have worked for at least 1 month
during a calendar year. The 13th
month pay should be given to the
employees not later than the 24th of
December.
13th Month Pay (P. D. 851)
The following employers are not
covered by P. D. 851:
a. The government and any of its
political subdivisions, including
government-owned and -controlled
corporations, except corporations that
essentially operate as private
subsidiaries of the government.
b. Employers that already pay their
employees the 13th month pay once or
more times in a calendar year, or its
equivalent during the issuance of P. D.
851.
c. Employers of household helpers and
persons who work for the personal
services of another in relation to such
workers.
d. Employers of those who are paid
purely on a commission, boundary, or
task basis, and those who have a fixed
amount for performing specific work,
regardless of the time consumed in the
performance unless the workers are
paid on a piece rate basis, in which
case the employer shall grant the
required 13 month pay to such
workers.
is granted to a
pregnant employee, married or
unmarried, with an accumulated
service of at least 6 months within the
last 12 months. The benefit is
reckoned for at least 2 weeks with pay
prior to the expected delivery date and
another 4 weeks after a normal
delivery or a miscarriage, based on the average weekly wages.
Maternity Benefits
Entitlement:
60 days - for a normal delivery or
miscarriage
78 days - for a caesarian section
delivery, at the rate of 100% of the
average daily salary credit.
since when, the
benefit has been extended and
exclusive to male employees who are
married to and cohabiting with his
legitimate spouse at time of birth or
miscarriage. It is only available for the
first 4 deliveries/miscarriages.
July 1996
The paid leave lasts for 7 days
consisting of the basic salary and a
mandatory allowance fixed by the
Regional Wage Board, provided that
his pay shall not be less than the
mandated minimum wage.
Paternity Leave
is
an agency established to provide
meaningful protection to members and
their families against contingencies
resulting from temporary loss of
income or financial burden and to
contribute to the socio-economic
development of the country through a
viable social insurance p program.
Social Security System
The earliest laws
on workmen's compensation were
the Workmen's Compensation Law
and the Employer's Liability Act.
The benefits from these two
laws were incorporated into an
Employees Compensation Program
under P.D. 626 which was
implemented in 1975.
which prevents an employee
from performing his or her work for an
extended period of not more than 120
days, unless such disability requires
medical attendance beyond 120 days,
but not more than 240 days. If the
disability is caused by an injury or
sickness, the period of compensability
will be counted from the FIRST DAY of
the injury or sickness.
Temporary Total Disability
which causes the harmful
and permanent loss of the use of any
significant part of an employee's body.
Permanent Partial Disability is a
disability,
A disability that lasts for more
than the period prescribed for
Temporary Total Disability and
prevents an employee from
pursuing his or her usual work
and earning therefrom.
Complete blindness of both c
eyes. Loss of two limbs at or
above the ankles or wrists,
Permanent and complete
paralysis of two limbs.
Brain injury that resulted in
imbecility or insanity.
Such specific cases determined
by the Social Security System
and approved by the ECC
Permanent Total Disability
known as
the National Health Insurance Act of
1995,
RA 7875,
The enactment of RA 7875, known as
the National Health Insurance Act of
1995, established the
Philippine Health
Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth).
The enactment of RA 7875, known as
the National Health Insurance Act of
1995, established the Philippine Health
Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth).
Replacing the old
Medicare
it
administers and manages a
sustainable program that not only
ensures better benefits at an
affordable cost but also extends quality
and relevant health care services to a
broader membership base that leads
to universal coverage.
Philhealth
A Home Mutual Development Fund
was earlier created by the government
under
PD. 1752,
and subsequently
amended by
RA 7742,
RA 7742, otherwise
known as the
Pag-IBIG Fund.
With the
exception of employees/workers
receiving a monthly salary of less than
P4,000.00, membership with the Fund
is mandatory for all
SSS or GSIS
members.
