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FEB. 1, 2015

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National Apprenticeship Program endorsed to Senate
The House of Representatives has passed on final reading and endorsed Senate
passage of HB 5303, which provides for a “revised apprenticeship program in the
country.”
“Government must sustain its programs providing skills and opportunities to the
country’s youth as the backbone of national development,” lawmakers stressed.
The bill, a substitute measure to HBs 221, 1594 and 2227, is collectively authored
by Rep. Cinchona Cruz-Gonzales, Rep. Rodrigo A. Abellanosa, Rep. Juan Johnny R.
Revilla, Rep. Emmeline Y. Aglipay, Rep. Karlo Alexei B. Nograles, Rep. Gustavo S.
Tambunting, Rep. Leah S. Paquiz, and Rep. Roy V. Señeres, Sr.
“The main objective of the bill is to reform the national apprenticeship program by
providing the youth with skills and access to employment, and provide enterprises with a
mechanism to ensure a continuous supply of skilled manpower,” the authors said.
HB 5303 seeks to repeal Chapters I and II of Title II of Presidential Decree No. 442,
as amended, otherwise known as the Labor Code of the Philippines.
The consolidated measure was successfully steered in plenary by the sponsoring
House Committee on Labor and Employment chaired by Rep. Nograles with the able
plenary defense by its principal authors.
The measure identifies enterprises with program registered with the Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) as the entities that can train
apprentices instead of employers in highly technical industries only.
Likewise, it sets the duration of the training according to the complexity of the
skills to be learned by the apprentices thereby expanding the maximum training period to
only six months.
The proposed measure enumerates the content of the apprenticeship contract instead
of generally stating that it should conform to the rules issued by the Department of Labor
and Employment.
The proposed law introduces a provision that contributions to the training allowance
by government agencies and/or non-government organizations shall be considered in
computing the training allowances of apprentices presently placed at seventy-five percent
(75%) of the minimum wage.

There is also a provision setting the grounds, and the rules and procedure for the
termination of the apprenticeship agreement.
HB 5303 provides for the issuance of training certificates to apprentices who have
completed the apprenticeship program comparable to the completion of a training program
in a Technical Vocation Education and Training (TVET) institutions, and the award of
equivalent unit credits in the formal system of education.
Furthermore, the bill provides for a compulsory apprenticeship in certain
occupations when national security or requirements of economic development so demand.
Likewise, it provides as an incentive to participating employers an additional
deduction from the gross income, instead of taxable income, on one-half (1/2) of the labor
training expenses, provided that a) the employer shall be exempt from the payment of
apprenticeship fee, and b) such deduction shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the
training allowance of the apprentices instead of the direct labor wages.
Another vital provision is to require participating entities in the apprenticeship
program to provide a disability and/or accident insurance policy in favor of the
apprentices during the apprenticeship period.
The proposed statute states that any violation of the Act or its rules and regulations
shall be subject to the general penalty provided for in the Labor Code as amended.
The bill, among other penalty clauses, provides that enterprises found offering
unregistered apprenticeship programs shall be subjected to program closure proceedings
without prejudice to the filing of administrative, criminal or civil liabilities. (30) dpt

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