40-Hour Week of Labor for Government and Private Hospitals or Clinic Personnel
Republic Act No. 5901, enacted on June 21, 1969, mandates a standard workweek of forty hours for personnel in government and private hospitals or clinics, consisting of eight-hour days over five days. It ensures that employees whose wages are affected by this reduction in work hours receive an automatic wage increase to maintain their earnings. This law applies to cities and municipalities with populations over one million and hospitals with a minimum bed capacity of one hundred. Violations by government officials can lead to dismissal, while private institutions face fines and possible imprisonment for responsible officials. The act took effect upon its approval and was published in the Official Gazette on March 2, 1970.
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- What is 40-Hour Week of Labor for Government and Private Hospitals or Clinic Personnel about?
- Republic Act No. 5901, enacted on June 21, 1969, mandates a standard workweek of forty hours for personnel in government and private hospitals or clinics, consisting of eight-hour days over five days. It ensures that employees whose wages are affected by this reduction in work hours receive an automatic wage increase to maintain their earnings. This law applies to cities and municipalities with populations over one million and hospitals with a minimum bed capacity of one hundred. Violations by government officials can lead to dismissal, while private institutions face fines and possible imprisonment for responsible officials. The act took effect upon its approval and was published in the Official Gazette on March 2, 1970.
- What type of law is Republic Act No. 5901?
- 40-Hour Week of Labor for Government and Private Hospitals or Clinic Personnel (Republic Act No. 5901) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was 40-Hour Week of Labor for Government and Private Hospitals or Clinic Personnel enacted?
- 40-Hour Week of Labor for Government and Private Hospitals or Clinic Personnel (Republic Act No. 5901) was enacted on Jun 21, 1969.
- What is the citation for 40-Hour Week of Labor for Government and Private Hospitals or Clinic Personnel?
- 40-Hour Week of Labor for Government and Private Hospitals or Clinic Personnel, Republic Act No. 5901, Jun 21, 1969 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Republic Act No. 5901
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 21, 1969
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5901
AN ACT PRESCRIBING FORTY HOURS A WEEK OF LABOR FOR GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS OR CLINIC PERSONNEL
SECTION 1. Government and private resident physicians, nurses, nutritionists, dietitians, pharmacists, social workers, laboratory technicians, para-medical technicians, psychologists, midwives, attendants and all other hospital or clinic personnel shall hold regular office hours for eight hours a day, for five days a week, or a total of forty hours a week, exclusive of time for lunch: Provided, That any of such employees or laborers who shall suffer a reduction of his weekly or daily wage or compensation because of a reduction of the number of days or hours of labor in a week, as provided herein, subject to the minimum daily or hourly wage or compensation already fixed by existing law, shall be given an automatic increase in his daily or hourly wage or compensation, whose amount in a week or a day or per piece shall be equal to the diminution which his daily or hourly or per piece wage shall suffer on account of the reduction of days of labor to five days a week: And provided, further, That the salaries of employees received on monthly basis shall not suffer any diminution on account of the reduction of the number of days of labor a week. acd
SECTION 2. This Act shall apply only to cities and municipalities with a population of one million or more and to hospitals and clinics with a bed capacity of at least one hundred.
SECTION 3. All acts or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SECTION 4. Any violation of this Act by any official of the government, in case of government hospitals and clinics, shall be punished by separation from the service. If the violation is committed by any private hospital or clinic, said hospital or clinic shall pay a fine of not less than one thousand pesos, nor more than five thousand pesos, and for succeeding offenses each official responsible for the violation shall, in addition to the fine herein provided, suffer imprisonment for not less than one month and not more than one year. cdt
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 21, 1969
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 66, No. 9, p. 2035 on March 2, 1970
Cite This Law
40-Hour Week of Labor for Government and Private Hospitals or Clinic Personnel, Republic Act No. 5901, Jun 21, 1969 (Philippines)
40-Hour Week of Labor for Government and Private Hospitals or Clinic Personnel, Republic Act No. 5901 (Phil. 1969)
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