WHEREAS, all human beings, irrespective of race, creed, sex,
belief, or station in life, have the right to pursue both their
material well-being and their spiritual development in conditions of
freedom and dignity, of economic security and equal opportunity;
WHEREAS, everyone has the right to work to free choice of
employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection
against unemployment;
WHEREAS, it is the duty of Government to provide the
necessary atmosphere conducive to economic growth and the ultimate
realization of raising the standards of living of the people through the
provision of measures calculated to establish an integrated and active
Employment Policy; and
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the Government to hasten the
attainment of the foregoing plausible objective and to effect full and
freely chosen employment for the Filipino people;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,
in order to effect the desired reforms in the social, economic and
political structure of the country, do hereby decree and order that
I.L.O. Convention No. 122 Concerning Employment Policy, be adopted by
the Republic of the Philippines.
A copy of this Decree shall be transmitted to the
Director-General, International Labor Office pursuant to its rules.
Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of December, in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary