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WHEREAS, Section 15, Article II of the Philippine Constitution of 1987 provides that the
State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health
consciousness among them. Article XIII, Section 3 provides further that the State shall
afford full protection to labor, local, and overseas, organized and unorganized, and
promote full employment and equality of employment opportunities for all;
WHEREAS, Paragraph 2, Section 3, Article XIII of the 1987 Constitution guarantees the
rights of all workers to a decent and humane conditions of work;
WHEREAS, Section 18, Article II of the 1987 Constitution provides that the State affirms
labor as a primary social economic force. It shall protect the rights of workers and
promote their welfare;
WHEREAS, on January 31, 2017, the CSC, DOH and DOLE issued the Joint
Administrative Order on the National Occupational Health and Safety Policy Framework
(JAO No. 2017-001) to guide the key stakeholders in the development, implementation,
monitoring and evaluation of Occupational Safety and Health for both the public and
private sector workers.
WHEREAS, the Civil Service Commission (CSC), Department of Health (DOH) and the
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) recognize the need for all government
agencies to establish a set of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Standards to
protect all government employees from the hazards of injury, sickness or death through
the adoption of safe and healthy working conditions to assure the conservation of
human life and the prevention of loss of resources and damage to properties.
WHEREAS, OSH Standards for the Public Sector must be strictly complied with,
implemented, diligently monitored, and evaluated to facilitate future policy innovations
and/or initiatives.
SECTION 3. THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OFFICER. The City Safety and Health
Officer shall be required to do the following:
1) Undergo training on Occupational Safety and Health and related programs;
2) Act as the focal person of the agency in the implementation of programs to
eliminate hazards in the workplace and to correct and/ or amend risky and/ or
unsafe work practices;
3) Serve as Secretary to the Safety and Health Committee, and as such he/she
shall:
a) Notify members of the meetings
b) Prepare minutes of the meeting;
c) Submit to the head of agency a report of the activities of the Committee
including the recommendations made thereof;
4) Report on the occurrence of accidents; and,
5) Coordinate all safety and health training programs for the agency management
and employees.
DONE in the City of Victorias, on ________________ in the year of our Lord 2021.