CRPD/C/PHL/CO/1 relating to the current procurement procedures limiting the supply, quality of services or products, prices and choice of various assistive devices to persons with disabilities. 45. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Redouble its efforts to implement numerous provisions for habilitation/rehabilitation as part of the general health-care policies, and strengthen the monitoring mechanisms of rehabilitation services; (b) Adopt protocols to ensure rehabilitation in compliance with inclusive equality and development; (c) Improve the administration of procurement policy to ensure the supply, quality, prices and choice of various assistive devices for persons with disabilities. Work and employment (art. 27) 46. The Committee is concerned by: (a) The fact that legislation, policies, programmes and related activities, such as the Presidential Decree No. 442, otherwise known as the Labour Code, the Sustainable Livelihood Self-employment Assistance Kaunlaran programme, and the Likhang Persons with Disability (CRPD/C/PHL/1, see para. 210), to create employment and protect all workers from any form of discrimination regardless of disability have not been effective in creating employment opportunities for persons with disabilities; (b) The lack of sufficient implementation of the quota system for employment as it applies to different disability groups; (c) The continued stigmatization of persons with disabilities in the labour market, in particular, the assertion by employers that persons with disabilities lack the necessary knowledge, skills or abilities for jobs, and the notion that their recruitment would entail higher labour costs for training and improving facilities. 47. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Adopt measures to ensure the effective implementation of Presidential Decree No. 442 and the 5 per cent employment quota system, and strengthen the structured orientation programme for potential employers to encourage the employment of persons with disabilities; (b) Adopt measures to provide for reasonable accommodation in job recruitment processes, ensure that these processes are inclusive of persons with disabilities, and issue guidelines for the provision of reasonable accommodation and accessibility at the workplace; (c) Uphold target 8.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals to achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value. Adequate standard of living and social protection (art. 28) 48. The Committee is concerned about the: (a) Lack of information about the implementation of policies such as the Food Safety Act of 2013 and the Poverty Alleviation Fund in ensuring a decent standard of living for persons with disabilities; (b) The limited access of persons with disabilities to programmes concerning access to water, housing and food; (c) The lack of allowances and resources to cover disability-related expenses, and the limited provision of social protection programmes for persons with disabilities regardless of their employment situation. 11