Book III — Conditions of Employment
Article 132Facilities for women.
ELI5— what this means for you
DOLE sets safety and health standards for women workers, including requirements for proper seating, separate toilets, dressing rooms, and workplace nurseries in larger establishments.
Key point
Official text — PD 442
Facilities for women.
The Secretary of Labor and Employment shall establish standards that will ensure the safety and health of women employees. In appropriate cases, he shall, by regulations, require any employer to:
Provide seats proper for women and permit them to use such seats when they are free from work and during working hours, provided they can perform their duties in this position without detriment to efficiency;
To establish separate toilet rooms and lavatories for men and women and provide at least a dressing room for women;
To establish a nursery in a workplace for the benefit of the women employees therein; and
To determine appropriate minimum age and other standards for retirement or termination in special occupations such as those of flight attendants and the like.
Source: lawphil.net (PD 442 as amended)
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