Decent Work Flashcards
It is an employment that respects the fundamental rights of the human person as well as the rights of the workers in terms of conditions of work safety and remuneration respect for the physical and mental integrity of the worker in the exercise of his or her employment
Decent work
Salary and wages are extrinsic motivation to workers. Workers should be properly compensated.
Renumeration
Considers holistic being of the worker
Physical and mental
Develops a person’s personality and the professional career
Decent work
Four objectives of international labor organizations decent work
- To create jobs
- To provide guarantee in workers rights and rights at work
- To extend social protection to workers of all categories
- To help workers in resolutions in conflicts and promotion of social dialogue
Greater job opportunities
For better sustainable development
To boost the economy
To create jobs
Employees should be well recognized
To provide guarantee in workers rights and rights at work
There should be no discrimination
To provide guarantee in workers rights and rights at work
For better sustainable development
To create jobs
To boost the economy
To create jobs
Safety condition of all aspects
To extend social protection to workers of all categories
Right to rest, day offs
To extend social protection to workers of all categories
Conflicts will always arise in work environments but should be well managed
To help workers and resolutions in conflicts and promotion of social dialogue
Types of employment in the philippines
- Regular or permanent employee
- Term or fixed employment
- Project employment
- Seasonal employment
- Casual employment
Will not be fired immediately unless you violate rules
Regular or permanent employment
They enjoy benefit of security of tenure
Regular permanent employment
You will have the job unless you resign
Regular or permanent employment
After retirement there will be compensations
Regular or permanent employment
The maximum length of provisionary employment shall be ______ months, and is counted from the date and employee started working
Six
6 months only for probationary but if more than 6 months the person should already be a candidate for
Regularization
For professors, _____ is needed to be a candidate for regularization
3 yrs
It is when the employee renders service for a definite period of time and employment contract must be terminated after such period expires
Term or fixed employment
Minimum time of service is 6 months
Term or fixed employment
Up to the employers if they would rehire the employer not
Term or fixed employment
Also called contractual employment
Term or fixed employment
An employee is hired for a specific project or undertaking and the employment duration is specified by the scope of work and/ or length of project
Project employment
Examples of this type of employment are architects, engineers, nurse researchers
Project employment
The work to be performed is only for a certain time or season of the year and the employment is only for that duration
Example board exam reviewers
Seasonal employment
There is a peak season where employees are hired
Seasonal employment
An employee performs work is not usually necessary or primarily related to the employers business or trade
Casual employment
Outside works are usually done
Casual employment
Nurses should only work ___ hours per day, ___ hours per week (___ days)
8
40
5
Total salary received before taxes are deducted
Gross pay
Total wage when taxes are already deducted
Net pay
are deducted at the last salary of the month
Premiums
Wages shall be given not less than once every __ weeks or ___ within month at intervals no exceeding ____ days
Two
Once
16
Nightwear prohibition unless allowed by the rules
Employment of women
Night work prohibitions for women. In industrial undertakings from
10pm to 6am
In commercial or non-industrial undertakings
From 12:00 midnight to 6:00 a.m.
In agricultural undertakings
At night time unless given not less than nine consecutive hours of rest
For pregnant women
A month before they should already file a maternity leave till 90 days
Minimum employable age
15-years-old
Should be directly under the sole responsibility of parents or guardians work does not interfere with your children schooling or normal development
For a worker below 15 years of age
They are allowed to work since they are already living independently
For emancipated minors
Employers must provide workers with every kind of on the job protection against injury sickness or death through safe and helpful working conditions
Safe working conditions
Right of every worker to form or join any legitimate workers organization, association or union of his or her own choice
Right to self organization
They demand the rights of employees
Labor unions in organizations of employees
Tax exam compensation program for employees and their dependence
Employees compensation program
Examples of employees compensation benefits for work related contingencies
- Medical benefits for sickness or injuries
- Disability benefits
- Rehabilitation benefits
- Death and funeral benefits
- Pension benefits
Types of leaves
- Vacation leave
- Parental leave
- Leave for personal
- Study leave
All employees with the exception of casual workers are
Entitled of 4 weeks of vacation per year
This type of leave is paid
Vacation leave
All employees are entitled to unpaid ____ after working for 12 months
Parental leave
Female employees are entitled to ____ calendar days of maternity leave with full pay
90
Male employees shall be entitled to ____ working days of fraternity leave with full pay during the period of maternity leave of their legal spouse
10
If he or she is unfit for work due to personal illness or injury
Sick leave
Medical certificate should be presented
Sick leave
If a member of the employees immediate family suffers a serious injury or illness or dies
2 days paid care leave
Shall be granted by the university only on the basis of the needs of the university and the interest of staff development
Study leave
This leave is usually applicable to teachers and professors
Study leave
The philippine nursing act of 2002
Ra 9173 the philippine nursing law
Some hospitals have 12 hours (4 days of duty only) of duty especially in special areas
Section 32 of the philippine nursing act
The normal hours of work of any employee shall not exceed 8 hours a day
Article 83 normal hours of work
It shall be the duty of every employer to give his employees not less than 60 minutes time off for the regular employees
Article 85 meal periods
Every employee shall be paid a night shift differential of not less than 10% of the regular wage for each hour of work between 10:00 in the evening and 6:00 in the morning
Night differential
An additional compensation equivalent to the regular wage plus at least 25% thereof
Overtime work
Work on any particular day shall shall not be offset by overtime work on any other day
Undertime
True or false. Overtime does not fix under time
True
It will be is the duty of the employer, weather operating to profit or not provide each of his employees a_____ after six consecutive normal working days
Rest period of not less than 24 consecutive hours
When an employee may be required to work in a rest day
Article 92
Compensation for rest day, sunday, or holiday work
Article 93
When an employee is made or permitted to work on a scheduled rest day, he shall be paid an
Additional compensation of at least 30% of his regular wage
Right to holiday pay
Article 94
The employer may require an employee to work on any holiday but such employee shall be paid a compensation equivalent to
Twice his regular rate
The basic rights of employees
- Equal work opportunities for all
- Security of tenure
- Work days and work hours
- Weekly rest day
- Wage and wage related benefits
The stage will protect labor, promote full employment, provide equal work opportunity regardless of gender, race, or creed; regulate employee employer relations
Equal work opportunities for all
No employee can be dismissed from work except for adjust or authorized cost and only after due process
Security of tenure
An employee must be paid his or her wages for all hours worked. The normal hours of work in a day or 8 hours
Workdays and work hours
Is not permitted unless there are reach the code of ethics and rules
Dismissal
A day off of 24 consecutive hours after 6 days of work should be scheduled by the employer upon consultation with the workers
Weekly rest day
An employer cannot make any deduction from an employee’s wage except for
Insurance premiums with a consent of the employee such as pag-ibig sss philhealth
The minimum base pay of nurses working in public health institution shall not be lower than salary grade 15 prescribed under ra 6758 otherwise known as
Compensation and classification act of 1989
Salary grade 15 is equivalent to
32,000 pesos
T or F. By the government, entry level is nars one until nurse five and salary is also increasing
True
Ra 6758 is not applicable to
Private hospitals
Incentives and benefits
- Free hospital care for nurses and their dependence
- Scholarship grants
- Other non cash benefits
Accredited professional organization of nursing
Philippine nurses association
