Senator Loren Legarda celebrated the Senate approval of the Kasambahay Bill, which will accord domestic workers official rights and privileges, one day after the House of Representatives also ratified the measure.
“Now we only need the President's signature in order to make minimum wage and other rights and privileges a reality for the 1.9 million domestic workers in the country,” she said.
Legarda, a staunch supporter of the establishment of the rights of domestic workers, added that the Kasambahay Bill is one of the foundations of inclusive growth that the Philippines as a nation aspires for.
Among the Senator's first bills filed in the Fifteenth Congress was Senate Bill 7, which sought to increase the minimum wage of household helpers and require all household working arrangements between employers and helpers to be duly documented.
Legarda noted that this is a clear result of the dedication to equality in the country, and that this heralds better things to come for other marginalized sectors.
“It is imperative that we treat our kasambahays as workers, not servants. The Kasambahay Bill, and hopefully soon, the Kasambahay Law, is a major step in according decent working conditions, just compensation, and sufficient benefits to our domestic workers,” she stressed.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, also ushered the Philippine ratification of the International Labour Organization Convention 189, the Convention Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers, which will enter into force in 2013.
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Ganda naman! Tatatag pa yung bill for our helpers. Dadami na yung scope nung rights nila and more priviledges for them.
Hindi naman talaga dapat minamaliit ang mga kasambahay dahil grabe din sila magtrabaho at most of them sobrang dedicated dahil may sinusuportahan sila kaya suklian din natn ginagawa nila for us
We should celebrate w/ sen. Loren Legarda coz our helpers do deserve better treatment and should be recognized for their work. They need better protection/security and priviledges just like us normal employees.
Natuwa yung mga pinsan kong mga nagtatrabaho diyan sa Maynila nung narinig nila ang balitang to' sana maisatupad na ito ngayon taon
Sigurado namang pipirmahan ni Pinoy ito kasi may point naman ang bill na ito at makakatulong sa 1.9 million na workers sa bansa naten
“It is imperative that we treat our kasambahays as workers, not servants. The Kasambahay Bill, and hopefully soon, the Kasambahay Law, is a major step in according decent working conditions, just compensation, and sufficient benefits to our domestic workers,” she stressed.
> I really like what Sen. Loren said here and its true that they are workers andnot plainly servants. Good JOb Senator.
Idol ko talaga si loren. In behalf sa mga kasamabahay sa buong mundo, ako na po ang magpapasalamat sa inyo dahil sa inyo magkakapribiliiyoang mga kasambahays natin
Im just glad that their minimum wage is raised. Some "amo" abuses other workers and they are being underpaid. Now that this is filed under a law. This would protect them from injustices.
Buti at malapit nang maipatupad ito. Gusto ko yung direktion na upuntahan nito at sana balang araw ay makagawa pa yung gobyerno natin ng tulad nito. Congratulation kay Senator Loren Legarda dahil successful yung ginawa niya para sa mga kasamabahay natin.
Sa sobrang busy ni Loren sa senate buti naisip niya pa na bigyang pansin yung mga helpers natin. She has my vote next year bec. now, you can see kug sino talaga ang may pakialam sa mamamayan at pure intention niyang magserve ng tao.
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