Working Hours and Compensation of Hospital/Clinic Personnel

April 12, 1988POLICY INSTRUCTIONS NO. 54-88TO:All Concerned   SUBJECT:Working Hours and Compensation of Hospital/Clinic Personnel This issuance clarifies the enforcement policy of this Department on the working hours and compensation of personnel employed by hospitals/clinics with a bed capacity of 100 or more and those located in cities and municipalities with a population of one million or more.Republic Act 5901 which took effect on 21 June 1969 prescribes a 40-hour/5-day workweek for hospital/clinic personnel. At the same time, the Act prohibits the diminution of the compensation of these workers who would suffer a reduction in their weekly wage by reason of the shortened workweek prescribed by the Act. In effect, RA 5901 requires that the covered hospital workers who used to work seven (7) days a week should be paid for such number of days for working only 5 days or 40 hours a week. cdprThe evident intention of RA 5901 is to reduce the number of hospital personnel, considering the nature of their work, and at the same time guarantee the payment to them of...