Republic Act No. 5218: An act prohibiting the dismissal of any employee or laborer for refusing or failing to vote for any candidate of his employer, amending for the purpose the revised election code

Republic Act No. 5218

An act prohibiting the dismissal of any employee or laborer for refusing or failing to vote for any candidate of his employer, amending for the purpose the revised election code

An Act Prohibiting the Dismissal of Any Employee or Laborer for Refusing or Failing to Vote for Any Candidate of His Employer, Amending for the Purpose the Revised Election Code

In plain language

Amends the Revised Election Code to prohibit dismissal of employees or laborers for refusing to vote for the employer’s candidate, requiring reinstatement and salary compensation, and specifying punishment under Section 185.

Prohibition of dismissal for refusing to vote for employer’s candidate

Reinstatement of dismissed employee or laborer

Salary or wage compensation to aggrieved party

Punishment in accordance with Section 185

Employment Law

Election Law

Anti-Discrimination

REPUBLIC ACT No. 5218

An Act Prohibiting the Dismissal of Any Employee or Laborer for Refusing or Failing to Vote for Any Candidate of His Employer, Amending for the Purpose the Revised Election Code

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1

Republic Act Numbered One hundred and eighty, otherwise as the Revised Election Code, is hereby amended by inserting between Sections fifty-six, and fifty-seven thereof the following new section:

"Sec. 56-A. Prohibiting dismissal of employees or laborers. No employee or laborer shall be dismissed for refusing or failing to vote for any candidate of his employer. Any employee or laborer so dismissed shall be reinstated and the salary or wage of the employee or laborer shall be given to the aggrieved party.
"Violation of this section shall be punished in accordance with Section one hundred eighty-five.

Section 2

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 15, 1968.

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