Gabriela Party-list on Tuesday, July 19, pushed for heftier penalties–including jail time of 12 years–on employers found violating the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Law.
Gabriela Party-list on Tuesday, July 19, pushed for heftier penalties–including jail time of 12 years–on employers found violating the Occupational Safety and Health Law.
“Even with the enactment of the OSH Law, employers continue to neglect workers’ health and safety which often lead to injuries and death. That is why we need to introduce stiffer penalties and imprisonment in the law,” Brosas said in a statement, accompanied by the copy of the bill.The criminal liability of employers is on top of the fines. which range from P1 million to P3 million.
Employers and their contractors and subcontractors also stand to lose their business permits for repeated violations of the OSH Law.Brosas added the bill listed down the gross violations of OSH Law which can be “penalized by fines or imprisonment or both, including failure to heed the Labor department’s compliance order, failure to hold OSH trainings, failure to designate safety officers, and failure to secure a fire safety certificate”.
The lawmaker explained that HB 2126 also prevents waivers or affidavits of desistance from derailing the pursuit of legal actions against erring employers in the event of workplace deaths.
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