ARTICLE V
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
SECTION 1. Equal Access to Employment, Training and Promotion. No one shall be denied of employment opportunity on account of gender, age, ethnicity, creed or religion as prescribed in the Labor Code as amended by R.A. 6425. Likewise, no one shall be denied of training and promotion.
SECTION 2. Wage and Fringe Benefits. Every Employer shall comply with the minimum wage as prescribed by the Wage Board and shall grant all benefits to all employees such as maternity/paternity leave, sick and vacation leave, retirement termination and other fringe benefits provided by law such as 13th month pay/bonus, extra cash gift ( ECG ), etc.
SECTION 3. Facilities and Support Systems for all employees and clients. The local government shall ensure the safety and health women employees as a such may establish separate toilet rooms, lavatories, and lounge for men and women and provide at least a dressing room in public places.
SECTION 4. Setting up of Grievance Machinery. A committee shall be set up by the Committee on Decorum and Investigation to act on complaints related to sexual harassment and a grievance procedure must be installed in every agency/office.
SECTION 5. Gender-Sensitive Physical Plan. A physical plan appropriate for gender-sensitive environment shall be adopted by all officers, agencies and establishments which shall help prevent sexual harassment, sexual abuse and other forms of maltreatments in the workplaces.
SECTION 6. Assistance Program. The Local Government of Miagao in cooperation with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Vocational Technology (VOCTECH), Educational Foundation, etc, shall endeavor to assist poor but deserving students, the unemployment and underemployment in securing gainful employment.
ARTICLE VI
EDUCATION RIGHT
SECTION 1. Non-Formal Educational Classes. In cooperation with the Department of Education (DepEd) and TESDA, and other concerned government agencies, non- formal- education classes shall have:
a. Literacy Program – to be opened to out-of-school youths who have not finished Grade VI or those who have not entered Kindergarten or Grade I classes.
b. Continuing Education – professional or non-professional persons can enroll in this program to enhance their skills and knowledge in vocational activities.
SECTION 2. Scholarship Program. The local government shall provide this scholarship program for the poor but deserving students in elementary, high schools, colleges and universities located within the jurisdiction of the municipality.
ARTICLE VII
HEALTH BUDGET
SECTION 1. Budget for Women’s Health. The amount shall be integrated with GAD’s budget, which includes women, senior citizen, and children which would be divided equally among them whichever amount as been allocated, for health, nutrition and other services.
SECTION 2. Intensification of Health Care Delivery System. Quality health care and services that are not discriminatory on account of their gender, age, sex, religion and ethnicity shall be intensified and implemented.
SECTION 3. Primary Health Care Delivery. In consonance with the Department of Health Thrust, the local government shall strengthen the Primary Health Care and 24 hrs. emergency clinic in the context of reproductive health other emergencies.
SECTION 4. Protection against Drug Abuse. This shall be sustained and monitored by the PNP, MADAC, BADAC and Municipal Gender and Development Coordinating Council for the protection against drug abuse and proliferation of elicit drugs.
SECTION 5. Access to Safe Water. All barangays shall endeavor to provide easy access to safe water supply. Appropriate water systems shall be installed in order to ease women’s workloads as well as minimized women and children in fetching water for household use from a distant source.
SECTION 6. Day Care Centers. These shall be set-up in almost all barangays in support of children between 3 and 5 years old. Incentives shall be extended to day-care workers to increase their honoraria.