Labor Code

Article 12

Statement of Objectives

Amended
By RA 8042 (1995), RA 10022 (2010)

It is the policy of the State:

a) To promote and maintain a state of full employment through improved manpower training, allocation and utilization;

b) To protect every citizen desiring to work locally or overseas by securing for him the best possible terms and conditions of employment;

c) To facilitate a free choice of available employment by persons seeking work in conformity with the national interest;

d) To facilitate and regulate the movement of workers in conformity with the national interest;

e) To regulate the employment of aliens, including the establishment of a registration and/or work permit system;

f) To strengthen the network of public employment offices and rationalize the participation of the private sector in the recruitment and placement of workers, locally and overseas, to serve national development objectives;

g) To insure careful selection of Filipino workers for overseas employment in order to protect the good name of the Philippines abroad.

Editor’s notes from DOLE (1)

This and other articles in the immediately succeeding Title should be read in correlation with R.A. No. 8042 (1995), as amended by R.A. No. 10022 (2010), or the “Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act.”

Text and numbering follow the Department of Labor and Employment's 2022 edition of Presidential Decree No. 442, as amended and renumbered under DOLE Department Advisory No. 01, series of 2015. Former article numbers are shown in brackets. Notes are DOLE's editorial notes. Amendments after that edition are not included. For information and research only, and not legal advice. For certified copies, refer to the Official Gazette or the issuing agency.