"PROTECT AND PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS'
human rights advocacy promotions
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RIGHTS OF PUBLIC SECTOR
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Right to security of tenure
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Right to self-organization, collective bargaining and negotiations and peaceful concerted activities, including the right to strike in accordance with law
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Right to decent living and wage/compensation
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Right to due process of law
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Right to enjoy leave benefits
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Right to avail of the 5 day forced leave before the year end
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Right to participate in policy-formulation and decision of ideas among officers and employees throughout the administrative hierarchy through assemblies, congresses, dialogue and other allied forms of discussion
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Right to separation pay in case where separation from the service is not for cause or where it is due to reorganization
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Right to Back-wages in case of illegal dismissal
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Right to claim optional or compulsory retirement benefits
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Right to receive terminal leave credits
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Right to be represented in the Personnel Selection and promotion Board, Grievances Committee and Personnel Development Committee
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Right to occupation health and safety from work hazards
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Right to avail of the medical and dental services for employees health protection and maintenance
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Right to human condition of Work
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Right to appeal in cases where employees are dissatisfied with the decision of the management
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Right to be involved in worthwhile activities such as athletics, social, recreational, food production and livelihood which are conducive to the employee’s well being an inconsistent with the interest of public service
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right to enjoy the two day weekend and rest period per week
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Right to observe legal holidays/special holidays
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Right to receive overtime pay for authorized services in excess of8 hours a day
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Right to receive 13th month pay or year end bonus
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Right of female employees not to be discriminated against with respect to terms and conditions of employment
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Right to be secured in their person or property against direct assault or invasion
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Right to free exercise and enjoyment if religious worship
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Right to freedom and speech / expression
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Right to have free access to courts and quasi-judicial and quasi judicial bodies and adequate legal assistance
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Right to be presumed innocent until the contrary is given
EXISTING MEASURES PROTECTING AND PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS OF PUBLIC SECTOR LABOR
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Employee empowerment
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Issuance of Public Sector Labor-Management Council (PSLMC)resolution No. 1 S. 1998 which reduced membership requirements for registration of unions and 20% to 10%
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Expeditious and judicious resolutions of employees grievances
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Intervention of CES in the settlement of employee-management disputes
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Information campaign on public sector unionism
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Gawad-Kalinga Award or the search for employee-friendly employer
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Drawing up of Checklist of reasonable working conditions which will guide the union and management in their collective bargaining negotiations
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Monitoring of compliance with the requirement of the implementing Rules of EO 180 registered unions
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Holding of separate monthly meetings by CSC Chairman and concerned CSC officials with federations union leaders to discuss pressing issues and problems of government employees
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Speedy disposition of cases
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Enactment of sexual harassment law
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Creation of task forces to review existing policies and laws concerning civil servants
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list of factual situations showing of abuse of exercise of management prerogative and considered constructive dismissal to be presented to agency heads in one of its monthly meeting with undersecretary assistant secretary
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