Labor Code · Medical, Dental and Occupational · Chapter II – Occupational Health and Safety
Safety and Health Standards
Formerly Article 162 before the 2015 renumbering — court decisions before 2015 cite it this way.
The Secretary of Labor and Employment shall, by appropriate orders, set and enforce mandatory occupational safety and health standards to eliminate or reduce occupational safety and health hazards in all workplaces and institute new, and update existing, programs to ensure safe and healthful working conditions in all places of employment.
Refer to the Occupational Safety and Health Standards (Revised 1989), as Amended. See also DOLE D.O. No. 154 (2016).
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.