FAMILY WELFARE PROGRAM PRESENTATION FOR PRIVATE ESTABLISHMENTS

1. BUREAU OF WORKERS WITH SPECIAL CONCERNS
Department of Labor and Employment

2. ATTAINMENT OF DECENT AND
PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT FOR
EVERY FILIPINO WORKER
DOLE VISION

3. FAMILY WELFARE PROGRAM
refers to the program being promoted by
DOLE that provides family welfare services
to workers, as described under Department
Order No. 56-03 which is carried out in the
workplace through a Family Welfare
Committee (FWC) or similar welfare-based
special body composed of representatives of
labor, management and the plant clinic, if
there is any.

4. Program
envisioned to
improve the
quality of life
of workers
A combined tripartite effort in adopting a
family-centered approach to the workplace
WORKERS

5. FWP
Objectives
Establish family
welfare component
in workplaces
promote/protect
welfare of workers
and their families

6. THE TEN FWP DIMENSIONS
Reproductive Health/
Responsible Parenthood
Education/
Gender Equality
Spirituality/
Value Formation
Income Generation/
Livelihood/Cooperative
Medical Health Care
Nutrition
Sports &
Leisure
Housing
Transportation
Environment
Protection, Hygiene
& Sanitation

7. Family
Planning
Family
Planning
Elements of Reproductive Health Care
(D.O. 56-03)

8. Elements of Reproductive Health
D.O. 56-03 RA 10354 (RPRH Act of 2012)
• Family Planning (FP) • Family Planning (FP)
• Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN)
• Maternal, Infant and Child Health and Nutrition
including Breastfeeding
• Prevention and Management of Abortion and its
Complications (PMAC)
• Prescription of Abortion and Management of Abortion
Complications
• Prevention and Management of Reproductive
Tract Infections (RTIs)
• Prevention, Treatment and Management of
Reproductive Tract Infections (RTIs)
• Education and Counseling on Sexuality and Sexual
Health
• Age and Development-Appropriate Reproductive
Health Education for Adolescents in Formal and Non-
Formal Education Settings
• Breast and Reproductive Tract Cancers and Other
Gynecological Conditions
• Breast and Reproductive Tract Cancers and Other
Gynecological Conditions and Disorders
• Men’s Reproductive Health
• Male Responsibility and Involvement and Men’s
Reproductive Health
• Adolescent and Youth health
• Adolescent and Youth Reproductive Health, Guidance
and Counseling at the … of Care
• Violence Against Women and Children
• Elimination of Violence Against Women and Children
and Other Forms of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
• Prevention and Treatment of Infertility and Sexual
Dysfunction
• Prevention, Treatment and Management of Infertility
and Sexual Dysfunction
• Age and Development-Appropriate Education and
Counseling on Sexuality and Reproductive Health
• Mental Health Aspect and Reproductive Health

9. What ‘s in FWP that would interest the
employers?
increased productivity of
workers
a better quality of life of the
worker and his family will
contribute to reduced
absenteeism and tardiness, as
well as to a reduced job
turnover
a better quality workforce with
high productive capacity is an
asset to the company
moreover, the program may
significantly improve industrial
relations

10. Steps Towards Setting a FWP in the Workplace
Provide the necessary support, assistance and
resources
Determine what is the particular need of the employees
Organize the Family Welfare Committee from among the
management, unions and workers and clinic workers
Coordinate with the DOLE Regional Office within your
jurisdiction for an orientation on FWP

11. The FWP thrives in the context of
tripartism among the workers, the
management, and the government
sector. Of these key players,
management involvement in any
plant-level program spells its
success or failure.

12. DOLE’s Role under the Family Welfare Program
Shows companies that the promotion of such
packages ultimately benefits the company itself
Does not sponsor the actual provision of these
services, which are completely on the account of the
establishments
• i.e. the formation of Family Welfare Committees (FWCs)
responsible solely in the planning, organizing and
implementation of the in-plant FWP
Provides both labor and management groups with the
conceptual framework for such in-plant programs and
guidelines

13. Employer’s Role under the Family Welfare Program
Provide support, assistance and
resources to the workplace FW
Form a Family Welfare Committee
(FWC) through the assistance of
DOLE Regional Offices

14. 14
Family Welfare Committee
A mechanism or a strategy for the
implementation of the Program at the in-plant
level.
Forum where labor and management discuss
matters pertaining to population education and
family welfare.

15. Plant clinic
representative
(preferably doctor or
head nurse)
15
(FWC) Composition
2 or 3
management
representatives
2 or 3 labor
representatives
Health and
safety officer

16. 16
Plant-level Family Welfare Committee
(FWC) Responsibilities
The FWC will be responsible for
planning, organizing and implementing,
monitoring an in-plant family welfare
program. The in-plant program shall
focus on the ten dimensions of the FWP.

17. Article 134 on family planning services;
incentives for family planning of P.D. 442
(Labor Code of the Philippine, As
Amended) and its IRR
Department Order No. 56-03
(Rationalizing the Implementation of the
FWP in DOLE)
DOLE Administrative Order No. 209,
series of 2004 (Checklist of Priority
Activities Related to FWP
Implementation)
FWP LEGAL/POLICY FRAMEWORK

18. Art. 134 of the Labor Code,
as Amended and its IRR
Establishments which are
required by law to maintain a
clinic or infirmary shall provide
free family planning services
to their employees which shall
include but not be limited to, the
application or use of
contraceptive pills and
intrauterine devices. (Art. 134 a)

19. Family Planning
refers to a program which enables
couples and individuals to decide freely
and responsibly the number and
spacing of their children and to have the
information and means to do so, and to
have access to a full range of safe,
affordable, effective, non-abortifacient
modem natural and artificial methods of
planning pregnancy- (IRR of The
Responsible Parenthood and
Reproductive Health Act of 2012)

20. The DOLE shall develop and
prescribe incentive bonus
schemes to encourage family
planning among female workers
in any establishment or
enterprise (Art. 134 b)

21. Suggested Incentive Bonus Schemes Under the
Checklist of Priority Activities Related to FWP
Implementation (AO 209 s. 2004)
Social security
measures
• may include pension plans, insurance benefits, savings deposits
or other social security measures for workers who have
participated effectively in the FP program
Privilege leaves
• Bonuses in terms of additional leave credits and time offs for
those who have accepted contraceptive methods and for
successfully avoiding pregnancy
Cash bonuses
• Cash benefits may be awarded to female workers who do not
utilize maternity benefits for a certain number of years
• Commodity or benefit bonuses to worker motivators for
recruitment of acceptors and for successfully encouraging
continuation of contraception
• Group bonuses for group of workers by divisions/departments
for exceeding certain levels of contraceptive acceptance or for
accumulating certain number of aggregate years of non-
pregnancy
Prizes and awards
• To be given on competitive basis to individuals, couples, or
divisions/departments for effectiveness of contraceptive
methods accepted

22. Employers who habitually employ more
than 200 workers in any locality shall
provide free family planning services to their
employees and their spouses which shall
include, but not limited to, the application or
use of contraceptives. (Par. 1,Section 11, Rule
XII Employment of Women and Minors)

23. SUMMARY:
Legal/Policy Framework
FWP Dimension/ Activities
For Establishments
with 200 or more
workers
Compulsory Optional
For Establishments
with less than 200
workers
Compulsory Optional
1. Family Planning*
• free family planning services to
employees and their spouses
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2. All other FWP dimensions and
its activities under AO 209
• except Gender Equality which
requires enforcement of the
provisions of the Anti-Sexual
Harassment Law (RA 7877)
> posting/dissemination of RA 7877
> creation of a CODI
> formulation of an anti-SH policy
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* Note that this is just one of the ten elements of Reproductive health

24. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns