Repealed. Articles 130 and 131 were expressly repealed by Republic Act No. 10151 (2011), which allows the employment of night workers. The text below is reproduced as originally enacted, for reference only — it is not the law in force, and the prohibition it describes no longer applies.
Text of the provision
Art. 130. Nightwork prohibition. No woman, regardless of age, shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work, with or without compensation: In any industrial undertaking or branch thereof between ten o’clock at night and six o’clock in the morning of the following day; or In any commercial or non-industrial undertaking or branch thereof, other than agricultural, between midnight and six o’clock in the morning of the following day; or In any agricultural undertaking at nighttime unless she is given a period of rest of not less than nine
(9) consecutive hours.
Labor Code of the Philippines, Presidential Decree No. 442, as amended. Reproduced in full from the official enactment and verified against the LawPhil and ChanRobles renderings.
What this article means
This article bars employing a woman, regardless of age, at night: in an industrial undertaking between ten o’clock at night and six o’clock in the morning; in a commercial or non-industrial undertaking other than agricultural between midnight and six o’clock in the morning; or in an agricultural undertaking at nighttime unless she is given at least nine (9) consecutive hours of rest. It applies whether or not she is paid.
Questions about this provision
Related provisions
- Article 118 — Retaliation Prohibited.
- Article 131 — Exceptions To Nightwork Ban.
A note on article numbers. The articles of the Labor Code have been administratively renumbered, so the same provision is often cited under a different number. Supreme Court decisions write both, in the form “Article 297 [282]” — the new number first, the original in brackets. The text on this page is published under its original number, which is the numbering both source texts use. When citing, check which numbering your source follows.
Cases interpreting this article
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