Name of Decree.
Article 1
ARTICLE 1. Name of Decree. — This Decree shall be known as the "Labor Code of the Philippines."
PD 442 Chapter I
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Date of Effectivity.
Article 2
ART. 2. Date of Effectivity. - This Code shall take effect six months after its promulgation.
Declaration of Basic Policy.
Article 3
ART. 3. 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.
Construction in Favor of Labor.
Article 4
ART. 4. Construction in Favor of Labor. — All doubts in the implementation and interpretation of the provisions of this Code, including its implementing rules and regulations, shall be resolved in favor of labor.
Rules and Regulations.
Article 5
ART. 5. Rules and Regulations. — The Department of Labor and other government agencies charged with the administration and enforcement of this Code or any of its parts shall promulgate the necessary implementing rules and regulations. Such rules and regulations shall become effective fifteen (15) days after announcement of their adoption in newspapers of general circulation.
Applicability to Agricultural Workers.
Article 6
ART. 6. Applicability to Agricultural Workers. — In addition to the rights conferred upon them by Republic Act Numbered Thirty-eight Hundred and Forty-four, as amended, otherwise known as the Code of Agrarian Reforms of the Philippines, agricultural workers shall enjoy the rights and benefits granted by this Code to nonagricultural workers.
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