Labor Code · Working Conditions for Special Groups · Chapter I – Employment of Women
Prohibited Acts
Formerly Article 137 before the 2015 renumbering — court decisions before 2015 cite it this way.
It shall be unlawful for any employer:
(1) To deny any woman employee the benefits provided for in this Chapter or to discharge any woman employed by him for the purpose of preventing her from enjoying any of the benefits provided under this Code;
(2) To discharge such woman on account of her pregnancy, or while on leave or in confinement due to her pregnancy;
(3) To discharge or refuse the admission of such woman upon returning to her work for fear that she may again be pregnant.
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.