QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 7323)
RA 7323 aims to help poor but deserving students pursue their education by encouraging their employment during summer and/or Christmas vacations through incentives to employers—specifically allowing the employer to pay only 60% in cash and 40% via government education vouchers.
Students whose parents’ combined incomes (together with the student’s income, if any) do not exceed P36,000 per annum.
Students must be at least 15 years old but not more than 25 years old.
The employer must employ at least fifty (50) persons.
During the summer and/or Christmas vacations.
The employer must pay a salary or wage not lower than the minimum wage provided by law and other applicable labor rules and regulations.
Sixty percent (60%) is paid by the employer in cash, and forty percent (40%) is paid by the government in the form of an education voucher.
The voucher is applicable in paying tuition fees and books in secondary, tertiary, vocational, or technological education institutions.
Within thirty (30) days from the presentation of the voucher to the officer or agency designated by the Secretary of Finance.
Employment should be at the Labor Exchange Center of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
It is not transferable, except when the payee dies or for a justifiable cause stops in duties; in those cases, it may be transferred to the payee’s brothers or sisters. If none, the amount shall be paid to the heirs or to the payee himself, as the case may be.
Upon conviction, imprisonment of not less than six (6) months and not more than one (1) year, plus a fine of not less than P10,000—without prejudice to prosecution for other offenses under the Revised Penal Code or other penal statutes.
No. The Act penalizes fraudulent or fictitious claims “regardless of whether payment has been made.”
The managing partner, general manager, or chief executive officer, as the case may be.
The Secretary of Labor and Employment, the Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports, and the Secretary of Finance.
The Secretary of Labor and Employment.
The voucher amount is paid by the government to the educational institution within 30 days from presentation to the officer or agency designated by the Secretary of Finance.