Meanwhile, CSC recently teamed up again with DOH and DOLE in formulating the National Policy Framework on the Promotion of Healthy Workplace. 2020, which aims to institutionalize occupational safety and health in government workplaces to protect government workers from the dangers of injury, sickness, or death, and to prevent loss or damage of properties through the adoption of safe and healthy working conditions. The MHP shall be integrated as a regular human resource development or HRD program specifically under Health and Wellness.Ī partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Department of Health (DOH) resulted in the formulation of CSC-DOH-DOLE Joint Memorandum Circular No. 1901265 issued in October 2019, all government agencies are directed to establish a Mental Health Program (MHP) that will promote mental health in the workplace and address stigma and discrimination endured by people with mental health conditions. Other salient issuances on health and wellness include those on mandatory random drug testing, and smoking prohibition, in government offices. This was supplemented in 1997 by the Policy on Working Conditions in the Workplace, which was revised in 2010. 30 issued in 1994, which provides a checklist of reasonable working conditions covering such basics as potable water and adequate lighting. “As the central human resource agency of the government, CSC has placed premium on providing safe and healthy working conditions and promoting health practices among the country’s 1.8 million government workforce,” he said.
Nograles also mentioned that a number of policies and programs have been instituted in the past to promote health and wellness in the public sector. “Research shows that employees in good health are more likely to deliver optimal performance in the workplace because, not only do they have better quality of life, but they also benefit from having a lower risk of disease, illness, or injury,” he added.
Amid the multitude of varying, complex needs of the Filipino people, we need to recognize the importance of employee health and wellness,” CSC Chairperson Karlo Nograles said. “We count on our civil servants to run the day-to-day operations of government. In a statement, CSC said that a healthy public sector workforce is a productive workforce. The Civil Service Commission (CSC) reminded government agencies on Tuesday, May 9 of the need to implement measures that promote a healthy workplace.
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