RA 10524 – An Act Expanding The
Positions Reserved For Persons With
Disability, Amending For The Purpose
Republic Act No. 7277, As Amended,
Otherwise Known As The Magna Carta
For Persons With Disability
S. No. 3371
H. No. 5475
Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Fifteenth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand
twelve.
[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10524]
AN ACT EXPANDING THE POSITIONS RESERVED FOR PERSONS WITH
DISABILITY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7277, AS
AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MAGNA CARTA FOR PERSONS WITH
DISABILITY
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Equal Opportunity for Employment. – Section 5 of Republic Act No. 7277,
as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“SEC. 5. Equal Opportunity for Employment. – No person with disability shall be denied
access to opportunities for suitable employment. A qualified employee with disability
shall be subject to the same terms and conditions of employment and the same
compensation, privileges, benefits, fringe benefits, incentives or allowances as a
qualified able bodied person.
“At least one percent (1%) of all positions in all government agencies, offices or corporal
ions shall be reserved for persons with disability: Provided, That private corporations
with more than one hundred (100) employees are encouraged to reserve at least one
percent (1%) of all positions for persons with disability.”
SEC. 2. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – The Department of Labor and
Employment (DOLE), the Civil Service Commission (CSC), the National Council on
Disability Affairs (NCDA), the Governance Commission for Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations (GCG), the Department of Health (DOH), the Department of
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), in
consultation with the concerned Senate and House committees and other agencies,
organizations and establishments shall formulate an implementing rules and regulations
pertinent to the provisions of this Act within six (6) months after the effectivity of this Act.
SEC. 3. Separability Clause. – Should any provision of this Act be found
unconstitutional by a court of law, such provision shall be severed from the remainder of
this Act, and such action shall not affect the enforceability of the remaining provisions of
this Act.
SEC. 4. Repealing Clause. – All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, and rides
and regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or
modified accordingly.
SEC. 5. Effectivity Clause. – This Act shall lake effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in any two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,
(Sgd.)
FELICIANO BELMONTE JR.