An Act to Amend Sections Three, Seven and Twelve of Republic Act Numbered Six Hundred Seventy-Nine, Entitled "An Act to Regulate the Employment of Women and Children, to Provide Penalties for Violation Hereof, and for Other Purposes"
Year:
1954
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 16, 1954
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This Act amends specific sections of Republic Act No. 679, which regulates the employment of women and children. It aims to enhance protections for these groups in various workplaces by prohibiting certain types of employment and establishing penalties for violations.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 1131
An Act to Amend Sections Three, Seven and Twelve of Republic Act Numbered Six Hundred Seventy-Nine, Entitled "An Act to Regulate the Employment of Women and Children, to Provide Penalties for Violation Hereof, and for Other Purposes"
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. Section three, seven and twelve of Republic Act Numbered Six hundred seventy-nine are amended to read as follows:
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 16, 1954.
"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.
"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.
"Sec. 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.
"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."
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