This Act shall be known as the “Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act .” 

Violence against women and their children” refers to any act or a series of acts committed by any person against a woman who is his wife, former wife, or against a woman with whom the person has or had a sexual or dating relationship, or with whom he has a common child, or against her child whether legitimate or illegitimate, within or without the family abode, which result in or is likely to result in physical, sexual, psychological harm or suffering, or economic abuse including threats of such acts, battery, assault, coercion, harassment or arbitrary deprivation of liberty. 

VAW includes, but is not limited to, the following acts:

• Physical violence or the act that includes bodily or physical harm

• Sexual violence or the act that is sexual in nature, committed against a woman or her child

• Psychological violence or the act or omission that causes or is likely to cause mental or emotional suffering of the victim

• Economic abuse or the act that makes or attempts to make a woman financially dependent 

• An employee is entitled to 10 days of paid leave which may be extended when circumstances warrant such an extension.​

• The 10 days leave may be used at the discretion of the employee, provided proper notification is given to their supervisor or manager.​

• The leave benefit is not convertible to cash and non-cumulative

Any of the following Legal Documents:​

• Certification from the Barangay Captain or his designated representative attesting to the case of the employee​

• Certification from Women & Children’s desk  of a Police Precinct or Station​

• Certification from a Prosecutor handling the case of the employee​

• Certification from Clerk of Court attesting to the ongoing court litigation of employee’s case​

• Employees/Leads/ Managers/ ExBP Team may send an email to Total Rewards r with a scanned copy of the legal document/s​

• Total Rewards forwards the request to the Acquire C&B Team requesting for activation of leave​

• Acquire the C&B Team to approve the request

• Acquire C&B Team credits the 10-day leave to the Employee’s MyPay account​