AS their protection entirely reposed on their employers’ kindness or lack of it, a 13th month pay for household help or “kasambahay” has been sought in the House of Representatives.
Rep. Catalina Cabrera Bagasina of ALE Party-list made the proposal under her House Bill 4753 or the Kasambahay Christmas Bonus Act of 2011 mandating employers to pay their qualified household workers their 13th month pay not later than December 24th of every year.
Bagasina cited that while government and private workers are receiving their annual year-end bonus, most household helpers largely depend on the benevolence of their employers for such benefits. There are household helpers who have social security benefits, but this is again subject to the employers’ discretion.
“The household help sector has no labor law protection because there is no law protecting them. They do not enjoy the minimum wage law, overtime pay, medical benefits and service incentive leave. This measure will give them the extra money to send to their families during the holidays,” Bagasina pointed out.
Moreover, Bagasina argued that her proposal is in accordance with the government’s responsibility to uplift the social conditions of all household helpers nationwide.
“Granting them 13th month pay is one way of sharing with all qualified household helpers so they can truly enjoy and experience the true meaning of Christmas,” Bagasina said in closing. –LLANESCA T. PANTI, Manila Times
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
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against serious violations of protocols of
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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