Preliminary Title
Article 3Declaration of basic policy.
ELI5— what this means for you
This is the heart of the Labor Code's purpose: the State must protect workers, promote full employment, ensure equal opportunity regardless of sex, race, or creed, and guarantee workers' rights to organize, bargain collectively, have security of tenure, and work in humane conditions.
Key point
The State's promise to every Filipino worker: protection, equal opportunity, and humane work.
Official text — PD 442
Declaration of basic policy.
The State shall afford protection to labor, promote full employment, ensure equal work opportunities regardless of sex, race or creed and regulate the relations between workers and employers. The State shall assure the rights of workers to self-organization, collective bargaining, security of tenure, and just and humane conditions of work.
Source: lawphil.net (PD 442 as amended)
RELATED RIGHTS
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