Practice question
A qualified caregiver is directly employed in a private home in the Philippines. The employer says the Caregivers’ Welfare Act cannot apply because the workplace is a home. Which response is correct?
- The employer is correct for all home-based caregivers
- Private homes are expressly among the covered settings
- The Act applies only to hospitals owned by the national government
- The Act applies only when the client is over eighty years old
- The Act applies only when the caregiver lives abroad
Legal references
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/96878 — RA 11965, sections 3–5 and 8–16.
- https://www.alburolaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/052125-DO-254-25-Implementing-Rules-and-Regulations-of-RA-No.-11965-or-the-Caregivers-Welfare-Act.pdf — issued DO 254-25 scan, Rule I section 3; Rule IV sections 1–3, caregiver rights, compensation, and duties.
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