CREATING THE POPULATION/FAMILY PLANNING OFFICE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1410
• Sections: 9

Preamble

WHEREAS, the government has undertaken a national program on

population and family planning involving both public and private sector for the

purpose of furthering national development;

WHEREAS, the Department of Labor has engaged in a

Population/Family Planning Program basically concerned in improving the quality

of life of the Filipino workers and their families, pursuant to Article 134 of

Presidential Decree 442 known as the Labor Code of the Philippines as

amended;

WHEREAS, the Population/Family Planning Project in the

Department of Labor has been initiated with financial assistance from UNFPA in

March 1975 to implement the family planning provision of the Labor Code;

WHEREAS, there is no specific office or bureau in the

Department of Labor which shall continue to implement the family planning

program and maintain what has been achieved upon termination of the Project on

December 31, 1977;

WHEREAS, the Department of Labor is committed to absorb the

project staff and to assume operational costs consonant with the provisions of

the Project Sub-Agreement entered into between the Department of Labor,

Commission on Population and the National Economic Development Authority,

representing the Philippine Government, and the UNFPA;

WHEREAS, it is essential to establish on office designed

specifically for such purpose;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Republic of the Philippines do hereby decree;

Section 1

SECTION 1. There is hereby created in the Department of

Labor a population/Family Planning Office, hereinafter referred to as the

"Office" which shall be under the direct supervision and control of the

Secretary of Labor, and shall be headed by an Executive Director assisted by a

Deputy Executive Director.

Section 2

SEC. 2. The Executive Director and the Deputy Executive

Director shall be appointed by the President of the Republic of the Philippines

upon recommendation of the Secretary of Labor, and shall receive an annual

salary of P26,000 and P24,000, respectively.

Section 3

SEC. 3. The Office shall have the following powers and

functions:

To provide plans and programs that will make positive contribution to

national development through the institutionalization of family planning and

welfare services in all establishments covered by the Labor Code.

To harness the efforts of all agro-industrial groups in the furtherance of

the national population program by integrating family planning and welfare in

the health, education, manpower development and welfare programs undertaken by

labor and management.

To supervise, coordinate and monitor the implementation of the family

planning and welfare program in covered establishments.

To develop policies and guidelines for program implementation in covered

establishments.

To undertake studies and field inquiries pertinent to the population/family

planning and welfare program of the Department of Labor.

To provide for the information, education and communication (IEC) needs of

covered establishments in relation to the family planning and welfare program by

formulating IEC strategies and developing or producing IEC materials among

others.

To develop and prescribe incentive schemes to facilitate family planning

acceptance in covered establishments.

To coordinate with other organizations or agencies involved in the family

planning and welfare program.

To assist bureaus, offices and attached agencies of the Department of Labor

in integrating family planning and welfare in their training and staff

development programs.

To exercise other functions as may be assigned by the Secretary of Labor.

Section 4

SEC. 4. The Secretary of Labor shall establish offices in

the regions and such other extension offices as may be deemed appropriate.

Section 5

SEC. 5. The technical staff and other personnel of the

Office shall be appointed by the Secretary of Labor upon recommendation of the

Executive Director.

Section 6

SEC. 6. The Secretary of Labor shall issue orders and

regulations to implement the provisions of this decree.

Section 7

SEC. 7. All laws, decrees, general orders or letters of

instructions of any provisions thereof contrary or inconsistent with this Decree

are hereby repealed, amended or modified.

Section 8

SEC. 8. The Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 9th day of June, in the year of Our Lord,

nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the

Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE

Presidential Executive

Assistant