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Name of the Authorities

- Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC)
- Bureau of Working Conditions (BWC)
- Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC)
- Department of Labor and Employment- Regional Offices (R.O.s)

OSH Laws:

- Labor Code of the Philippines (1)
- Occupational Safety and Health Standards (2)
- Executive Order 307 (3)
- Presidential Decree 626 (4)
- Sanitation Code of the Philippines (5)
- Department Order No. 13, series of 1998 -OSH in the Construction Industry (6)
- Memorandum Order No. 02, Series of 1998-Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Establishments, Workplaces, and Work Processes (7)
- Memorandum Order No.01, Series of 2000- Guidelines for Conduct of Work Environment Measurement (8)
- Memorandum Circular No.2, 2000-HIV/AIDS Prevention in the Workplace (9)
- Republic Act No. 8504-HIV/AIDS Prevention Act (10)
- Republic Act no.8749-Clean Air Act of 1999 (11)
- Republic Act No. 9165-Comprehenisive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 (12)
- Implementing Rules and Regulations of R.A. 9165 (13)

Dates of issue:

- (1) 1974
- (2) 1978, amended 1989
- (3) November, 1988
- (4) January 11, 1975
- (5) December 23, 1975
- (6) July 23, 1998
- (7) June 19, 1998
- (8) June 19, 2000
- (9) June 19, 2000
- (10) February 13, 1998
- (11) June 23, 1999
- (12) June 7, 2002
- (13) October 31, 2

Intention of the law/ Regulation (OSHS the main law)

- safeguard the worker's social and economic well-being as well as his physical safety and health

Framework and Enforcement :

- Policy formulation and monitoring of program implementation on OSH standards and employees' compensation lies with the BWC and the ECC, SSS, and the GSIS respectively.
- Enforcement lies with the DOLE ROs.
- OSHC -focal point for OSH training, research, information, and technical services.

Main Points/ Full text:

- 28 main rules
- includes rules on premises of establishment, occupational health and environment control, hazardous materials, hazardous work processes, machine guarding, electrical safety, machine guarding, occupational health services, etc.
- For complete text, go to www.dole.gov.ph.