House Bill No. 998 seeks to amend a Labor Code provision in order to give qualified employees 10 service incentive leave credits, instead of the original 5.
retains exemptions under Presidential Decree No. 442, saying the proposed revision shall not apply to those who already enjoy a 10-day paid service incentive leave, those working in establishments which have less than 10 employees, and establishments exempted by the labor secretary.
Current laws do not require employers to grant sickness and vacation leaves – only service incentive leaves – to employees, and PD 442 says that employers who give employees five-day vacation leave credits are already compliant with the mandatory granting of SIL. Baguio City Representative Mark Go, who was among those who authored and sponsored the proposal, has said the increase in leave credits would boost the morale of employees who “are left vulnerable to sickness, emergencies, and other fortuitous events that would cost them a day of paid work.”
On Tuesday, the House also passed on final reading a bill that compels higher education institutions to include in curriculums a comprehensive study of Philippine history during World War II, and a bill recognizing February 1 as National Hijab Day.
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