QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 10789)
Republic Act No. 10789 is known as the “Racehorse Jockey Retirement Act.”
It states that the State shall promote the welfare of racehorse jockeys by recognizing their special circumstances and the inherent dangers of the profession that may cause life-threatening injuries, permanent disability, or death, hence adjusting the retirement age.
RA 10789 amends Presidential Decree No. 442 (Labor Code of the Philippines) by adding a new Article 302-A on the retirement age of racehorse jockeys.
A professional racehorse jockey who is duly licensed by the Philippine Racing Commission (PHILRACOM).
They are compulsorily retired upon reaching the age of fifty-five (55) years, reduced from sixty (60) years.
He is entitled to all retirement benefits provided for under Article 302 of the Labor Code.
Yes. The jockey must pay additional premiums to the Social Security System (SSS) as may be prescribed in the implementing rules and regulations.
It preserves any other existing benefits the jockey may have under other laws, company policies, or established practices, preventing RA 10789 from reducing them.
DOLE, the SSS, and PHILRACOM, in consultation with the New Philippine Jockeys Association, Inc. (NPJAI), must promulgate necessary IRR within thirty (30) days from the effectivity of the Act.
It is part of the required consultation process in drafting the implementing rules and regulations to ensure stakeholders’ input.
Section 12-B of Republic Act No. 1161, as amended.
It modifies Section 12-B to entitle racehorse jockeys to benefits provided therein upon reaching the retirement age of fifty-five (55) years.
All other laws, decrees, executive orders, proclamations, rules and regulations, and other issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with RA 10789 are repealed or modified accordingly.
Fifteen (15) days after its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
It justifies lowering the retirement age by recognizing the inherent dangers of the profession and the possibility of life-threatening injuries or permanent disability.