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Labor and Employment
Workers, wages, employment conditions, labor relations, skills, and workplace protections.
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- SB 1545· Filed Nov 19, 2025Revised Labor Code of the Philippines
The Revised Labor Code updates existing labor laws, bans discrimination, adds benefits such as night‑shift pay and service‑incentive leave, strengthens regulation of recruitment agencies, creates a dedicated labor court, and sets a six‑month implementation period.
Pending in the committeeSen. Risa Hontiveros - SB 81· Filed Jul 3, 2025Wage Theft Prevention Act
The Wage Theft Prevention Act would make it a crime for employers to withhold or under‑pay wages, overtime, tips, bonuses, or other benefits, and would add prison terms and business‑permit penalties to deter such conduct.
Pending in the committeeSen. Raffy T. Tulfo - SB 956· Filed Aug 5, 2025Expanding the Prohibited Acts of Discrimination Against Women
The bill adds new forms of sex‑based discrimination to the Labor Code, makes such acts criminal, and sets fines and jail terms for employers who treat women unfairly.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 1727· Filed Jan 28, 2026Online Freelancer Act
The Online Freelancer Act would extend basic labor rights—such as minimum‑wage pay, social‑security coverage, written contracts, due process, and the right to organize—to all Filipino workers who do jobs through online platforms, even if they are currently classified as independent contractors.
Pending in the committeeSen. Camille A. Villar - SB 318· Filed Jul 9, 2025Freelance Workers Protection Act
The Freelance Workers Protection Act would require written contracts, a 30 % down‑payment, timely payment, night‑shift and hazard pay, tax relief, and a grievance system, while imposing fines for non‑compliance.
Pending in the committeeSen. Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid - SB 337· Filed Jul 9, 2025Freelance Workers Protection Act
The Freelance Workers Protection Act would require written contracts, guarantee timely payment, set minimum down‑payment, night‑shift and hazard‑pay rates, impose fines for violations, and give freelancers tax relief, with the Department of Labor handling complaints and enforcement.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jv Ejercito - SB 1401· Filed Sep 23, 2025Bpo Workers Welfare and Protection Act
The bill would set new rules to protect BPO workers in the Philippines, covering wages, hours, health, safety, transport, anti‑discrimination, union rights and penalties for violations.
Pending in the committeeSen. Camille A. Villar - SB 555· Filed Jul 14, 2025Labor Education in Senior High School Act
The bill requires every senior high school—public or private—to add labor‑education topics to a core subject, to review the curriculum for labor‑education content, to hold a labor‑empowerment and career‑guidance conference for all graduating students, and directs the Department of Education to issue detailed rules within 60 days after the law takes effect.
Pending in the committeeSen. Joel Villanueva - SB 2115· Filed May 6, 2026Anti-Abuse of Pakyawan Workers Act
The bill seeks to protect workers paid by piece‑rate, require employers to get a government‑approved wage standard, post it at work, and face fines or suspension if they underpay or break the rules.
Pending second reading, special orderSen. Raffy T. Tulfo - SB 670· Filed Jul 16, 2025Freelance Workers Protection Act of 2025
The Freelance Workers Protection Act of 2025 would require written contracts, set payment rules, and impose penalties to safeguard freelance workers in the Philippines.
Pending in the committeeSen. Christopher Lawrence "Bong" T. Go - SB 1298· Filed Aug 27, 2025Trabaho Batay Sa Galing at Kasanayan Act
The bill would require private companies in the Philippines to hire for many jobs based on a worker’s skills, experience and certifications instead of requiring a college degree, and it sets up government support and incentives for companies that follow the new rules.
Pending in the committeeSen. Robinhood Padilla - SB 941· Filed Aug 5, 2025Amending R.A. No. 6727 (Wage Rationalization Act)
The bill revises the Wage Rationalization Act to require a union leader or a worker representative to be present during labor inspections, creates a new, better‑paid labor‑inspector position (one per municipality, at least two per city), gives inspectors powers to file criminal cases and issue subpoenas, and funds these positions from local government tax allocations.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 1025· Filed Aug 6, 2025Amending Article 123 of P.D. No. 442 (Labor Code of the Philippines
The bill changes the Labor Code so that each Regional Board must look at local conditions and either set a new minimum‑wage order or, if it decides not to, publish a clear explanation in a newspaper, all by May 1 each year.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 887· Filed Aug 4, 2025Freelancers Protection Act
The Freelancers Protection Act would give people who work independently (freelancers) the same basic rights as other workers—such as a written contract, fair pay, safe conditions, the ability to organize, and access to benefits—while assigning government agencies to enforce those rights.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 1476· Filed Nov 3, 2025Bpo Workers Welfare and Protection Act of 2025
The bill would give all BPO workers in the Philippines stronger rights to safe working conditions, fair pay for overtime and night shifts, job security after six months, the ability to join unions, and benefits such as rest‑room breaks, transportation at night, and health programs. Companies would have to follow new safety standards set by the Department of Labor and could be fined or jailed for violations.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jv Ejercito - SB 1121· Filed Aug 7, 2025Freelancers Protection Act
The Freelancers Protection Act would give people who work on a freelance basis the same basic labor rights as other workers, require written contracts, set payment deadlines, and create government programs for training, credit, social benefits, and dispute resolution.
Pending in the committeeSen. Win T. Gatchalian - SB 649· Filed Jul 15, 2025Workers Protection and Skills Development on Digital Economy Job Distribution
The bill proposes a task force to monitor digital‑economy disruptions, provide financial aid to displaced workers, and offer training and job‑placement services.
Pending in the committeeSen. Mark A. Villar - SB 1147· Filed Aug 7, 2025Expanding the Prohibited Acts of Discrimination Against Women on the Basis of Sex
The proposal would add new forms of sex‑based discrimination—such as lower pay, fewer promotions, and pregnancy‑related firing—to the list of illegal acts for employers, and would make those violations punishable by fines and criminal sanctions.
Pending in the committeeSen. Joel Villanueva - SB 41· Filed Jul 2, 2025Security of Tenure and End of Endo Act
The bill bans the practice of hiring workers through contractors who only supply labor for core business tasks, requires those contractors to obtain a DOLE license with substantial capital and compliance standards, and makes the workers they supply regular employees of the hiring company.
Pending in the committeeSen. Joel Villanueva - SB 705· Filed Jul 17, 2025Revised National Apprenticeship Program Act
The bill creates a new national apprenticeship system, replaces the old apprenticeship rules in the Labor Code, and assigns TESDA to run it.
Pending in the committeeSen. Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid - SB 392· Filed Jul 10, 2025Public Sector Labor Relations Act of 2025
The Public Sector Labor Relations Act of 2025 would give all government workers the right to form unions, bargain collectively, and strike (subject to legal safeguards), while creating a new Labor Relations Board to handle disputes and enforce these rights.
Pending in the committeeSen. Risa Hontiveros - SB 1720· Filed Jan 28, 2026Anti-Bullying in the Workplace Act
The bill requires every workplace—public or private—to create and keep up anti‑bullying rules, set up clear ways to report and investigate abuse, protect whistle‑blowers, and impose penalties for violations.
Pending in the committeeSen. Camille A. Villar - SB 249· Filed Jul 8, 2025Magna Carta for Workers in the Media and News Industry Act
The bill would guarantee media workers at least the regional minimum wage, overtime, night‑shift, hazard pay, and basic insurance, and would make them regular employees after six months.
Pending in the committeeSen. Erwin T. Tulfo - SB 969· Filed Aug 5, 2025Establishing Greater Responsibility and Accountability from Private Employment Agencies
The proposal would make agencies that place domestic workers verify the workers’ background, forbid placement fees, and hold the agencies liable for any crime the worker commits for up to one year.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 182· Filed Jul 7, 2025Workers' Protection and Skill Development in the Digital Economy Act
The bill creates a government task force to warn about AI‑driven job loss, give affected workers cash help, and provide training and job‑matching services so they can move into new digital‑economy jobs.
Pending in the committeeSen. Camille A. Villar - SB 536· Filed Jul 14, 2025Adoption of Alternative Work Arrangements
The bill would let employers and employees agree on flexible work schedules, as long as total hours stay under 48 per week and existing benefits like overtime and night‑shift pay are kept.
Pending in the committeeSen. Joel Villanueva - SB 693· Filed Jul 17, 2025Bpo Workers Welfare and Protection Act of 2025
The bill would set new rules to protect BPO workers in the Philippines, covering work hours, overtime pay, night‑shift pay, rest breaks, health programs, transport safety, the right to join unions and to be regularized after six months, and it gives the labor department power to create and enforce safety standards.
Pending in the committeeSen. Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid - SB 667· Filed Jul 16, 2025Media and Entertainment Workers Welfare Act of 2025
The Media and Entertainment Workers’ Welfare Act of 2025 would require written contracts, set limits on work hours, guarantee overtime and night‑shift pay, add hazard pay, and study new insurance benefits (death, disability, medical) for all media‑industry employees.
Pending in the committeeSen. Christopher Lawrence "Bong" T. Go - SB 458· Filed Jul 14, 2025P100 Daily Minimum Wage Increase Act
The bill would raise the daily minimum wage for all private‑sector workers by ₱100, require employers and unions to fix any wage‑distortion problems, let the Department of Labor inspect payrolls, and impose fines or jail time for violations.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 1603· Filed Dec 15, 2025The Barangay Skilled Workers Registry Act
The bill would require every barangay to set up a free, voluntary database of local skilled workers, to help match them with jobs and give planners better data on community skills.
Pending in the committeeSen. Joel Villanueva - SB 1530· Filed Nov 17, 2025Kabuhayan for Offenders Through Skills Advancement (Kosa) Act
The KOSA Act would set up government‑run skills‑training courses and a job‑search desk inside prisons so that inmates can learn trades and find work after release.
Pending in the committeeSen. Joel Villanueva - SB 888· Filed Aug 4, 2025Magna Carta for Workers in the Informal Economy
The proposed Magna Carta would give informal‑sector workers the same constitutional and labor‑code rights as other workers, create a simple registration system, and set up support services, market spaces and social‑protection programs to help them move toward formal employment.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 999· Filed Aug 6, 2025Amending Book IV of Presidential Decree No. 442 (Labor Code of the Philippines)
The bill would add a new part to the Labor Code that requires employers to provide a set of family‑welfare services—such as spiritual guidance, parenting support, health care, and recreation—to help workers balance work and family life.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 923· Filed Aug 5, 2025Line Workers Insurance and Benefits Act
The bill would make employers give line workers a minimum life and accident insurance policy and several benefits such as retirement, funeral help, disability pay, and medical‑expense reimbursement.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 1006· Filed Aug 6, 2025Strengthening the Freedom of Association of Workers Act
The bill creates a new law called the Strengthening the Freedom of Association of Workers Act. It makes it illegal for anyone—including employers, government officials, or other agents—to harass, force, or block workers from joining or forming unions, and it gives the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) a system to receive and investigate complaints. Violators can be fined at least ₱100,000, jailed for up to two years, and public officials may also lose their positions.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 193· Filed Jul 7, 202514th Month Pay Law
The proposal would make private‑sector employers give each covered worker a 14th‑month pay of at least 1/12 of the year’s basic salary, to be paid by 24 December each year, with several exemptions for distressed or government‑related employers.
Pending in the committeeSen. Vicente C. Sotto III - SB 133· Filed Jul 3, 2025News Media Workers Weifare Act
The News Media Workers’ Welfare Act would make the government guarantee that journalists receive at least the legal minimum wage, overtime, social security, health, and retirement benefits, plus extra pay and insurance when they work in dangerous situations. It also creates a council to represent media workers and gives the Labor Department power to enforce the rules.
Pending in the committeeSen. Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid - SB 361· Filed Jul 10, 2025Batang Magaling Act
The Batang Magaling Act proposes a national and local council system, regular labor‑market studies, work‑immersion programs, a skills database, and tax incentives to make senior‑high graduates more employable.
Pending in the committeeSen. Win T. Gatchalian - SB 1514· Filed Nov 12, 2025Foreign Bidders and Contract Awardees to Employ Filipinos Workers
The proposal would make foreign companies that win ODA‑funded contracts hire Filipino workers for manual or non‑technical jobs, require agencies to publish impact studies quickly, and set up monitoring and annual reporting to ensure compliance.
Pending in the committeeSen. Win T. Gatchalian - SB 807· Filed Aug 4, 2025Media Workers Welfare Act
The Media Workers' Welfare Act proposes to give private‑sector journalists and their staff at least the legal minimum wage, overtime, social‑security benefits, hazard pay for dangerous assignments, and insurance coverage, while also creating a council and a digital portal to address safety and harassment issues.
Pending in the committeeSen. Loren B. Legarda - SB 82· Filed Jul 3, 2025Anti-Abuse of Pakyawan Workers Act
The Anti‑Abuse of Pakyawan Workers Act aims to protect piece‑rate workers by requiring employers to follow strict reporting rules, pay at least the minimum wage and all benefits, and face heavy fines and possible shutdown if they violate the law.
Consolidated/substituted in the committee reportSen. Raffy T. Tulfo - SB 2485· Filed Sep 21, 2026Line Workers Insurance and Benefits Act
The proposed law would require every employer of electrical or telecom line workers to give them free insurance worth at least PHP 300,000 for death or disability, keep the coverage even when workers are sent to another company, and impose fines if they do not.
- SB 212· Filed Jul 7, 2025Anti-Endo and Contracting Law
The bill bans most forms of contract and fixed‑term hiring, makes almost all workers regular employees, sets a six‑month limit on probation, and imposes heavy fines and possible prison for violators.
Pending in the committeeSen. Risa Hontiveros - SB 163· Filed Jul 7, 2025Living Wage Act
The bill would change how regional minimum wages are set, requiring them to meet a living‑wage standard based on workers’ basic needs and economic conditions, and directs the labor department to issue rules within 90 days.
Pending in the committeeSen. Loren B. Legarda - SB 324· Filed Jul 9, 2025Pregnant Women Welfare Act of 2025
The bill would require all employers to let pregnant workers and mothers up to one year after birth work flexible hours or from home, protect them from discrimination, and set penalties for non‑compliance.
Pending in the committeeSen. Camille A. Villar - SB 111· Filed Jul 3, 2025National Minimum Wage Act
The bill would set one minimum wage for all private‑sector workers in the Philippines, replace the current regional wage boards with a single National Wages and Productivity Board, and impose steep fines, imprisonment and possible loss of business permits on employers who fail to pay the wage.
Pending in the committeeSen. Imee R. Marcos - SB 375· Filed Jul 10, 2025Magna Carta of Miners
The bill proposes a set of rights and protections for all miners in the Philippines, including written contracts in local languages, guaranteed minimum wages, safety training, free legal aid, and strict penalties for violations.
Pending in the committeeSen. Robinhood Padilla - SB 327· Filed Jul 9, 202513th Month Pay Law for Contractual and Job Order Personnel
The bill would require the government to give every contractual or job‑order worker who has completed at least a three‑month contract before July 1 an annual 13th‑month pay of at least half of their current monthly salary.
Pending in the committeeSen. Camille A. Villar - SB 834· Filed Aug 4, 2025Amending R.A. No. 6727 (Wage Rationalization Act)
The bill raises the fines, damages and possible jail time for employers who do not pay the wage increases required by law.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 695· Filed Jul 17, 2025Compressed Working Hours Arrangement in the Private Sector (Labor Code of the Philippines)
The bill would let private‑sector companies let workers finish the same weekly hours in fewer days by extending each workday to no more than ten hours, with rules to be set by the labor secretary.
Pending in the committeeSen. Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid
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