Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program: Responding to Child Labor

in the Philippines
13 April 2016, Cebu City
2011 Survey on Children
Population of children 5 to
17 years old
26.617 M

Working children Children not working

12.4 % (3.312 M) 87.6 % (23.305 M)

Child labor Not child labor

63.3 % (2.097 M) 36.7 % (1.214 M)

Hazardous child labor Other child labor

97.7 % (2.049 M) 2.3 % (0.049 M)

Work in hazardous Long hours of work

environment and night time work
88.7 % (1.817 M) 11.3 % (0.232 M)
 Policy/Legal Framework
• P.D. 442 – Labor Code of the Philippines
• R.A. 9231 – Elimination of Worst Forms of Child
Labor
• R.A. 9208 – Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act
• R.A. 10364–Expanded Anti-Trafficking in
Persons Act
• R.A. 9775 – Anti-Child Pornography Act
• R.A. 10361–Domestic Workers Act
• DOLE Order No. 149, s.2016 – Guidelines in
Assessing and Determining Hazardous Work in
the Employment of Persons Below 18 Years of Age
 Definition of Terms

Child - any person under 18 years of age

Child Labor
- any work or economic activity performed by a
child that:

subjects him/her to any form of

exploitation; or

is harmful to his/her health and safety or

physical, mental or psychosocial
development
 Definition of Terms

Working Child
child below 18 years of age who performs work or
economic activity that is not child labor
child below 15 years of age who works:
- directly under the responsibility of
his/her parents or legal guardian and
where only members of the child’s family
are employed; or
- in public entertainment or information
 Child Work Child Labor
Sugpuin!
NGAYON NA!!
Child Labor

 Light work  Hazardous work

(children learn to (exploitative)
take responsibility)

 Respects right to  Deprivation of right to

health and education health and education

 Occasional  Constant and for long

hours
 Legal  Illegal
Worst Forms of Child Labor

All forms of slavery as defined in the Anti-Trafficking

in Persons Act of 2003, including recruitment of
children for use in armed conflict

Prostitution or Pornography

Illegal or illicit activities, including production and

trafficking of dangerous drugs or volatile substances

Work which is hazardous or likely to be harmful to

the health, safety or morals of children
photo courtesy of BEN SERRANO, Gold Star Daily
 Prohibitions

No child below the age of 15 shall be employed,

permitted or suffered to work, in any public or private
undertaking
No child below 18 years old shall be:
engaged in the worst forms of child labor; or
used as model in any advertisement promoting:
- alcoholic beverages
- intoxicating drinks
- tobacco and its byproducts
- gambling or any form of violence
- pornography
 Exceptions to the Prohibition
on Employment of Children
Below 15 Years of Age

Child works under the sole responsibility of

his/her parents or guardian, where only
members of the child’s family are employed

Child’s employment or participation in public

entertainment or information is essential
 Conditions for Employment
of Children Below 15 Years of Age

Total number of hours worked shall not be more than

20 hours a week and not more than 4 hours a day

Employment neither endangers child’s life, safety,

health and morals, nor impairs child’s normal
development
Child is provided with at least elementary or
secondary education

Work permit for the child

 Hours of Work

Include:

all time during which a child is required

to be at a prescribed workplace; and
all time during which a child is suffered
or permitted to work

Rest periods of short duration during working

hours shall be counted as hours worked
 Hours of Work

Below 15 Years of Age

not more than 20 hours a week
not more than 4 hours at any given day
not allowed to work between 8:00pm and
6:00 am of the following day
15 to Below 18 Years of Age
not more than 40 hours a week
not more than 8 hours a day
not allowed to work between 10:00pm and
6:00 am of the following day
Thank you!