"Duterte signs occupational safety law", 20 August 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Law (OSHB), which mandates strict compliance of employers to workplace safety standards.

Duterte signed the Republic Act 11058....

Under the new law, the Labor Secretary is mandated to issue “the appropriate standards of occupational safety and health based on the number of employees, nature of operations, and the risk or hazard involved.”

The law said it “applies to all establishments, projects, sites, including Philippine Economic Zone Authority establishments, and all other places where work is being undertaken in all branches of economic activity, except in the public sector.”

...A maximum amount of P100,000 will serve as an administrative penalty for the erring employer for every day of non-correction of violation.

...“[T]he amount of fine imposed shall depend on the frequency or gravity of the violation committed or the damage caused, provided, however, that the maximum amount shall be imposed only when the violation exposes the workers to a risk of death, serious injury or serious illness.”