By Liezelle Soriano

MANILA — Makati City Rep. Luis Campos Jr. has introduced a bill aimed at excluding night shift differential pay from the gross taxable income of employees.

Campos stated that House Bill No. 10534 will enable employees to fully benefit from the additional compensation earned for work done between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

“Our bill seeks to further augment the take-home pay of workers and help them cope with the soaring cost of living,” he said on Sunday, July 7, 2024.

“This will also give more meaning to the mandates of the Constitution for the state to provide full protection to labor, promote the welfare of workers, and assure them a rising standard of living,” Campos added.

Under the Labor Code, employers are legally required to provide extra remuneration to workers for labor performed between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Known as the “night shift differential,” this additional pay is equivalent to 10 percent of the employee’s hourly pay and is given for every hour worked.

(el Amigo/mnm)

By Liza Soriano

MANILA — Makati City Rep. Luis Campos Jr. has called on the University of the Philippines to introduce a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at its Mindanao campus to further democratize student admissions.

“Now that UP has decided to launch a Doctor of Medicine program in its Mindanao campus, the university might as well also offer a BSN program there,” Campos said on Sunday, June 2, 2024.

“We are prepared to support UP with additional funding, if necessary, should it choose to put up a nursing school in Mindanao,” the lawmaker added.

Campos had earlier filed House Resolution No. 1510, which advocated for a P1 billion special education fund to enable state universities and colleges (SUCs) that do not yet offer the BSN program to start their own nursing schools.

He also mentioned that the UP Manila College of Nursing could assist in establishing a nursing school at the university’s Mindanao campus.

“The advantage of SUCs such as UP offering BSN programs is that these can be accessed freely by underprivileged but qualified high school graduates,” Campos pointed out.

(el Amigo/mnm)