DOLE Guidelines on Special Leave for Women Out Soon

Government workers can now avail of the special leave benefit specified under Republic Act 9710 or the Magna Carta of Women, guided by the Resolution promulgated by the Civil Service Commission (CSC).

But private sector employees need not worry. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will soon issue the guidelines for the private sector. Through its Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns, DOLE prepared and discussed the draft guidelines with the Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) last October. Feedback and comments from the labor and employer sectors are expected to be submitted to DOLE until the second week of December 2010. Said comments will be used to enhance the draft guidelines prior to endorsement to Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz for approval.

Note: The National Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) serves as the main consultative and advisory mechanism lodged with the Department of Labor and Employment – Bureau of Labor Relations.  It functions primarily as a forum for tripartite advisement and consultation among organized labor, employer and government in the formulation and implementation of labor and employment polices.  The National TIPC is responsible for processing major issuances affecting labor, employment and other related concerns, as well as a clearinghouse for the recommendation and ratification or denunciation of International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions.