CEDAW/C/PHI/4
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(a) The sexual favour is made as a condition in the hiring or in the
employment, re-employment or continued employment of the said individual, or in
granting the said individual favourable compensation, terms, conditions,
promotions, or privileges; or the refusal to grant the sexual favour results in
limiting, segregating or classifying the employee which in any way would
discriminate, deprive or diminish employment opportunities or otherwise
adversely affect the said employee;
(b) The above acts would impair the employee's rights or privileges under
existing labour laws;
(c) The above acts would result in an intimidating, hostile or offensive
environment for the employee.
193. The Department of Labor and Employment adopted two significant policy
issuances to further protect women workers:
(a) Administrative Order No. 28, Series of 1994, prescribes guidelines to
improve the effectiveness of labour standards enforcement and specified women's
concerns as a priority;
(b) Department Order No. 3, Series of 1994, sets guidelines for the
training, testing and deployment of performing artists or entertainers.
194. Republic Act 8042 mandates the institution of a higher standard of
protection and promotion of the welfare of migrant workers, their families and
overseas Filipinos in distress. Section 2 (d) of the law specifically provides
that "the State shall apply gender-sensitive criteria in the formulation and
implementation of policies and programmes affecting migrant workers and the
composition of bodies tasked for the welfare of migrant workers ...".
195. Department Order No. 13, Series of 1994, revised measures to further
protect overseas household workers. It instructs, inter alia, the development
and coordination of welfare programmes for household workers, to be implemented
at the overseas centres mainly by the Philippine Overseas Labor Officers Corps.
Among the special responsibilities assigned to the corps are the following:
(a) Monitoring the entry and departure of household workers in their
respective areas;
(b)
workers;
(c)
Conducting skills enhancement programmes for overseas contract
Implementing welfare programmes on site;
(d) Monitoring and assessing the welfare services of private recruitment
agencies and entities;
(e) Implementing a pre-qualification system for foreign placement agencies
as principals.
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