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"Covered on this comprehensive list of health, social and safety benefits are the standards that provide occupational safety to the workers and general safety to the immediate vicinity and within the workplace."
In the second Title of Book IV in the Labor Code of the Philippines covers the medical benefits available to every employee in the Philippines. The term "employee" denotes any person legally employed in the Philippines, any person compulsorily covered by the GSIS under the Commonwealth Act 186, or any person compulsorily covered by the SSS under Republic Act 1161. Covered within the second Title is a comprehensive listing regarding the employee's compensation and state insurance funds. This section is broken into nine chapters.
Book IV of the Labor Code of the Philippines covers at length the safety benefits available to every legally employed worker in the Philippines. Covered on this comprehensive list of health, social and safety benefits are the standards that provide occupational safety to the workers and general safety to the immediate vicinity and within the workplace.
This section of the Labor Code of the Philippines is divided into two distinct safety benefit categories. The first title covers the medical, dental and occupational safety, subdivided into two separate chapters, and the second title covers mostly on employees' compensation and state insurance funds.
Here are the safety benefits available to the legally employed Filipino worker, according to the provisions set in Book IV of the Labor Code of the Philippines:
(See: Labor Code of the Philippines, Book IV)
Title I: Medical, Dental and Occupational Safety
Chapter 1 Medical and Dental Services
Article 156 First-aid Treatment
Every employer(s), and by extension, the working establishment shall provide first-aid kits and medicines readily accessible by the employee, in accordance to the safety employee benefit regulations prescribed by the Department of Labor and Employment. Other medicine and first-aid equipment should also be provided should the nature and conditions of work may require it.
Furthermore, the employer(s) should take extra measures to see that a sufficient number of employees are trained in using the available first aid equipment.
Article 157 Emergency Medical and Dental Services
Every working area is required to have free medical and dental attendance and facilities, the disparities of which are detailed as follows:
When the emergency clinic of the establishment is sufficiently provided to treat an employee, emergency hospital is not required.
Article 159 Health Program
The employed company physician should develop and implement a comprehensive occupational health program as a safety employees' benefit for the company.
Article 160 Qualifications of Health Personnel
The health personnel tasked for the safety employee benefits shall have the essential knowledge in occupational safety and health, as well as the know-how in industrial medicine. These health personnel shall pass the qualifications, criteria and conditions of employment established by the Secretary of Labor and Employment.
Article 161 Assistance of Employer
The employer(s) and by extension the establishment is to provide all the necessary assistance, medical and dental, to an injured or sick employee in case of emergency. In event the severity of the injury and/or ailment supersedes the available medical equipment, the employer(s) and by extension the establishment should make arrangements to any hospitals in the locality for the employee's treatment.
Book IV of the Labor Code of the Philippines covers at length the safety benefits available to every legally employed worker in the Philippines. Covered on this comprehensive list of health, social and safety benefits are the standards that provide occupational safety to the workers and general safety to the immediate vicinity and within the workplace.
This section of the Labor Code of the Philippines is divided into two distinct safety benefit categories. The first title covers the medical, dental and occupational safety, subdivided into two separate chapters, and the second title covers mostly on employees' compensation and state insurance funds.
Here are the safety benefits available to the legally employed Filipino worker, according to the provisions set in Book IV of the Labor Code of the Philippines:
(See: Labor Code of the Philippines, Book IV)
Title I: Medical, Dental and Occupational Safety
Chapter 1 Medical and Dental Services
Article 156 First-aid Treatment
Every employer(s), and by extension, the working establishment shall provide first-aid kits and medicines readily accessible by the employee, in accordance to the safety employee benefit regulations prescribed by the Department of Labor and Employment. Other medicine and first-aid equipment should also be provided should the nature and conditions of work may require it.
Furthermore, the employer(s) should take extra measures to see that a sufficient number of employees are trained in using the available first aid equipment.
Article 157 Emergency Medical and Dental Services
Every working area is required to have free medical and dental attendance and facilities, the disparities of which are detailed as follows:
- a full-time registered nurse is required if the number of employees is more than 50 but less than 200
- a full-time registered nurse, a part-time physician and dentist and an emergency clinic are required for workplaces with population exceeding 200 but less than 300
- a full-time registered nurse, a full-time physician and a dentist, plus an infirmary with a one-bed capacity for every one hundred employee - for workplaces with population that exceeds 300
When the emergency clinic of the establishment is sufficiently provided to treat an employee, emergency hospital is not required.
Article 159 Health Program
The employed company physician should develop and implement a comprehensive occupational health program as a safety employees' benefit for the company.
Article 160 Qualifications of Health Personnel
The health personnel tasked for the safety employee benefits shall have the essential knowledge in occupational safety and health, as well as the know-how in industrial medicine. These health personnel shall pass the qualifications, criteria and conditions of employment established by the Secretary of Labor and Employment.
Article 161 Assistance of Employer
The employer(s) and by extension the establishment is to provide all the necessary assistance, medical and dental, to an injured or sick employee in case of emergency. In event the severity of the injury and/or ailment supersedes the available medical equipment, the employer(s) and by extension the establishment should make arrangements to any hospitals in the locality for the employee's treatment.
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