Grade

12
PRE- IMMERSION
Third Quarter - Module 2 - Week 2
(for MCLLNHS only)

Learning Competency: Discuss work immersion

Lesson 1: Safety in the Workplace
Lesson 2: Rights of Employees and Employers, Confidentiality
in the Workplace and Effective Conflict Resolution

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Schools Division Office of Zamboanga City

Region IX, Zamboanga Peninsula
Zamboanga City
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LESSON 1: Safety in the Workplace

EXPECTATIONS
This is your self-learning module on Pre-Immersion. All the activities provided in this
lesson will help you learn and understand: Safety in the Workplace

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. identify the safety measures in the workplace;
2. relate duties of Employers, Workers and other Persons in the workplace.

PRETEST

Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer on a sheet of paper.

1. What is being referred to by this statement?
It refers to the physical or environmental conditions of work or employment, which
substantially comply with the provisions of this Standard.
A. Safety B. Workplace C. PPE D. Health
2. What is an unplanned or expected event in the workplace that results to injury or damage
to property?
A. Recognized Hazards C. Work Accident
B. Risks D. Work Safety
3. Why do you need to work safely on the perspective of the management?
A. For the most important people in our lives
B. To earn more for the family
C. To be more productive
D. To protect ourselves

4. What shall you do when a potential hazard is discovered?

A. Make sure that everyone else in your workplace is aware of the problem.
B. Just keep quiet and avoid it.
C. Notify your supervisor.
D. Stay calm.
E. Both a & C.
5. What agency has the mandate to protect an employee if he encounters problems with his
work?
A. DILG B. DOH C. DOLE D. TESDA

LESSON 1

Wherever you go, you see a lot of signage’s like these:

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Why do we have these signage’s ?

Of course, they are for everyone’s safety. According to Department of Labor and Employment
(DOLE), Work Immersion is an integral part of the K-12 Program in fully realizing its goal to
produce job-ready graduates quipped with industry – base skills.
Likewise, it strongly affirms that while work immersion contributes to the full realization
of the objectives of the K to 12 Program, the safety, health, and morals of SHS students,
especially those below 18 years of age, shall be a paramount area of consideration.
Pacu.org.ph/wordpress/wpcontent/uploads/2017/06/MsRuthRodriguez_DOLE-BLE-
ESPRD-K12WIP.pdf

Hence, being a Work Immersion student, who will also become employees or even an
employer, or an entrepreneur soon, you must learn this lesson: Safety in the Workplace.

To learn about this, let us be familiarized with what Occupational Safety and Health
Standards (OSHS) is.

This was formulated in 1978 in compliance with the constitutional mandate to safeguard
the workers’ social and economic well-being as well as their physical safety and health.

The Department of Labor and Employment under Article 162 of the Labor Code of the
Philippines, the OSHS was promulgated for the guidance and compliance of all concerned.
This body of rules and regulations is referred to as “Standards”
OSHS aims to protect every workingman and woman against the dangers of injury,
sickness or death through safe and healthful working conditions, thereby assuring the
conservation of valuable manpower resources and the prevention of loss or damage to lives and
properties, consistent with national development goals and with the State’s commitment for
the total development of every worker as a complete human being.
https://gselodelmsapp.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/osh_standards_amended_1989_latest. pdf

Here are some definitions you also have to understand:

“Employer” includes any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer, in
relation to an employee, and shall include government owned or controlled corporations and
institutions, as well as non-profit private institutions or organizations.

“Employee” shall mean any person hired, permitted or suffered to work by an employer.

“Safe or Safety” shall refer to the physical or environmental conditions of work or employment,
which substantially comply with the provisions of these Standards.

“Health” shall connote a sound state of the body and mind of the worker, which enables him
to perform his job normally, in a state of well-being.
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 “Work Accident” shall mean an unplanned or unexpected occurrence that may or may not
result in personal injury, property damage, work stoppage or interference or any combination
thereof, which arises out of and in the course of employment.

“Work Injury” shall mean any injury or occupational illness suffered by a person, which arises
out of or in the course of his employment.

” Workplace” means the office, premises or work site, where the workers are habitually
employed and shall include the office or place where the workers, who have no fixed or definite
work site, regularly report for assignment in the course of their employment.

Duties of Employers, Workers and other Persons:

(1) Each employer covered by the provisions of these Standards shall:

a. furnish his workers a place of employment free from hazardous conditions that are
causing or are likely to cause death, illness or physical harm to his workers;

b. Give complete job safety instructions to all his workers, especially to those entering the
job for the first time, including those relating to the familiarization with their work
environment, hazards to which the workers are exposed to and steps taken in case of
emergency;

c. Comply with the requirements of this Standards; and

d. use only approved devices and equipment in his workplace.

(2) Each worker shall:

a. Cooperate with the employer in carrying out the provisions of this

Standards

b. report to his supervisor any work hazard that may be discovered in his workplace.

c. Make proper use of all safeguards and safety devices furnished in accordance with the
provisions of this Standards for his protection and that of others, and shall follow all
instructions given by the employer in compliance with the provisions of this Standards.

d. use personal protection and safety equipment as required by the employer

e. Follow work safe procedures

(3) It shall be the duty of any person, including any builder or contractor or enforcement agent,
who visits, builds, renovates, or installs devices, or conducts business in any establishment or
workplace, to comply with the provisions of this Standards and all regulations of the employer
issued there under as well as with other subsequent issuances of the Secretary.

Now that our country is in time of crisis, here are some SPECIFIC GUIDELINES that DOH
implements:

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 1. The employer must ensure that the
workspace is properly disinfected, ventilated,
and maintained.
2. The employer shall also provide
proper visual reminders for safety
policies around the workplace to improve
compliance.
3. Other prevention and control measures
are:
a. Conduct daily temperature and symptom monitoring and recording of all staff
who report for work.
b. Establish referral network for employees who will develop symptoms.
c. Employers must enforce infection control procedures such as physical distancing,
wearing of masks, meticulous hand hygiene, and cough etiquette.
Appropriate PPE shall also be worn based on the setting of their work (e.g. face
shields and masks for those who render service via face-toface encounters, full PPE
for frontline healthcare workers, etc.).
d. Employers shall implement activities to promote physical and mental resilience
among their employees and workers, and ensure other measures to reduce
transmission, contact rate and risk of infection.
(DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM No. 2020-_ 0220)

To Keep the Workplace Clean

1. Do not do personal hygiene activities in the workplace.
2. Do not eat, smoke or spit in the workplace.
3. Do not sit on equipment and worktables.
4. Keep the surrounding areas free from dirt and disorganization.
5. Follow the Japanese philosophy of good housekeeping-sort/seiri, set-in-
order/seiton, sweep/seiso, standardize/seiketsu, and
sustain/shitsuke.

TERM English Term Meaning in Japanese Context

Seiri Tidiness
Throw away all rubbish and unrelated materials in the
workplace

Seiton Orderliness Set everything in proper place quick retrieval and storage

Seiso Cleanliness Clean the workplace; everyone should be a janitor

Seiketsu Standardization Standardize the way of maintaining cleanliness

Shitsuke Discipline
Practice 5 S daily- make it a way of life ( also means
commitment)
https://www.slideshare.net/moralescapri/5s-the-practice-of-good-housekeeping-39501798

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 POSTTEST
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers on the space provided
before the number.
_____1. Why is Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OHSP) being implemented?
A. For compliance C. For popularity of the department
B. For safety and protection D. For evaluation and reflection
_____2. Shall mean any person hired, permitted or suffered to work by an employer.
A. Employer B. Employee C. Labor D. Any Person
______3. Refer to the physical or environmental conditions of work or employment.
A. Health B. Safety C. Injury D. Accident
_____4. Set everything in proper place quick retrieval and storage.
A. Seiri B. Seiton C. Seiso D. Seiketsu
_____5. You are the 3rd worker who came into a shop. You have noticed spilled milk on the
floor which could be considered a physical hazard. What is the best thing you have to do to
avoid this hazard?
A. I will just look for a signage and put it on the wet floor.
B. I will inform the others not to step on that wet floor.
C. I will ask my colleagues why there is spilled milk.
D. I will get a wet mop to clean and dry the floor.

LESSON 2: Rights of Employees and Employers, Confidentiality in the

Workplace and Effective Conflict Resolution

EXPECTATIONS
This is your self-learning module on Pre-Immersion. All the activities provided in this
lesson will help you learn and understand Rights of Employees and Employers,
Confidentiality in the Workplace and Effective Conflict Resolution!

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. get oriented on the rights of employers, employees and other persons;
2. realize the importance of practicing confidentiality in the workplace;
3. identify the techniques in solving and preventing conflict.

PRETEST
Directions: Identify whose duties or rights are the following. Choose among
the employer, employee or other person. Write A if it’s for the Employer, B, if it is for the
Worker/Employee, or C if it is for other person.

_____1. Comply with Occupational Safety Health Standards including training, medical
examination and where necessary provision of protective and safety devices.
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_____2. Comply with the provision of this R.A. 110581 and in any regulations issued by
the Secretary of Labor and Employment.
_____3. Provide where necessary, for measure to deal with emergencies and accidents
including first aid arrangements.
_____4. They shall have the right to report accidents, dangerous occurrences, and
hazards to the people concerned.
_____5. The right to safety and health at work shall be guaranteed.

LESSON 2

One of my nephews is a regular messenger from one of the Law Firms in Manila. He uses
a motorcycle in bringing the documents to the clients. One day, he got a road accident.
He fell from the motorcycle which caused him bruises and leg injury. Eventually he was
brought to the hospital by the concerned citizens. Who do you think paid his hospital
bills? What about his absences/leave?

Yes, it is the Law Firm where he still works. The company paid all his hospital bills.
Besides, his leave for almost a month was still paid by the company. In other words,
though he was absent, he still received his salary.

Why is this so? It is because of the rights of the workers and the responsibility of the
company once the accident happens during an employee’s duty. For this module, you
will be learning about the Rights and Responsibilities of the Employers, Workers and
Other Persons in the workplace, including the lesson on Confidentiality in the
Workplace.

Republic Act No. 110581 is an Act Strengthening Compliance with Occupational Safety
and Health Standards and providing penalties for Violations Thereof. Its Section 1 tells
that “The State affirms labor as a primary social and economic force, and that a safe and
healthy workforce is integral part. The State shall ensure a safe and healthful workforce
for all working people by affording them a full protection against all hazards in their
work environment.

Chapter III Section 4 of this R.A 110581 states the Duties and Rights of Employers,
Workers and Other Persons.

Section 5 – 8: Workers’ Rights

Workers’ Rights
1.Workers’ The right to safety and health at work shall be guaranteed. All
Right To workers shall be appropriately informed by the employer about
Know all types of hazards in the workplace, provided access to training
and education on chemical safety, and to orientation on the data
sheet of chemical safety, electrical safety mechanical safety and
ergonomical safety.

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 2. Workers’ The workers has the right of refusal to work without threat or
Right to reprisal from the employer if, as determined by the DOLE, an
Refuse imminent danger situation exits in the workplace that may result
Unsafe in illness, injury or death corrective actions to eliminate the
Work danger that have not undertaken by the employer.

3. The Right Workers and their representatives shall have the right to report
to Report accidents, dangerous occurrences, and hazards to the employer,
Accidents to the DOLE and to other concerned government agencies
exercising jurisdiction as the competent authority in the specific
industry or economic activity.
4. Workers’ Every employer, contractor or subcontractor, if any, shall provide
Right to his workers free of charge protective equipment for their eyes,
Personal face, hands and feet, and
Protective lifeline, safety belt or harness, gas or dust respirators or masks,
Equipment and protective shields whenever necessary by reason of the
(PPE) hazardous work process or environment, chemical, radiological,
mechanical and other irritants or hazards capable of causing
injury or impairment in any part of the body through
absorption, inhalation or personal contact. All PPE shall be of
the appropriate type as tested and approved by the DOLE based
on its standards.

Besides knowing the rights and duties of employers, employees and other persons, you,
who may be one of them soon need to learn what confidentiality in the workplace is.
In some instances, confidentiality refers to not discussing internal goings-on with
co-workers. In other instances, it refers to not sharing trade secrets and other company
information with competitors, the press or anyone outside of your company.
Confidentiality has both casual and legal definitions.

Casual Definition of Confidentiality

If you repeat confidential statements made by co-workers, even if the original
source doesn’t hear about your gossip, the people you tell might lose respect for you
and no longer trust you. If you gossip with customers, they might tell your
competitors, who will be less likely to hire you in the future.

Examples of breaking casual, confidential communications are:

1. repeating a co-worker’s opinion of his boss,
2. revealing the fact that a peer is interviewing with another company,
3. forwarding a confidential email from one employee to another,
4. sharing information, you overhead others discussing or passing around a
document you found that wasn’t intended for others.
So, those must be avoided if you become an employee or even a trainee.

Legal Definition of Confidentiality

Once you become an employee or worker, you may have access to information for
your company such as salaries, employee perks, client lists, trade secrets, sales numbers,
customer information, news about pending terminations, reasons for a firing, phone codes
or computer passwords. Your employers don’t want the employees to divulge or reveal them
to others when you are still working or even when you are leaving the company. There
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instances that they will ask the employees to sign a confidentiality agreement to keep the
secrets even if they leave already.

Divulging inside information can damage your former employer, allowing them to sue
you to recover those damages. So, avoid revealing confidential information to anybody.

Besides confidentiality, trainees, workers, employees and employers must take into
consideration also the conflict resolution and prevention in the workplace.

Conflict is a state of incompatibility of ideas between two or more parties or individuals. It is

also a natural disagreement resulting from individuals or groups that differ in attitudes,
beliefs, values or needs.

Conflict Resolution Techniques

1. Listen then speak out.
It is better for the two involved parties to speak and listen to one another to identify the
root and nature of the conflict.
2. Gather the group.
The employers must also arrange meeting to discuss the issue and think of the
immediate solutions to satisfy everyone.
3. Be impartial.
Do not take sides but instead listen to both parties.
4. Do not postpone conflicts resolution.
If the conflict arises, it is better to immediately address the issue. Postponing it may
affect everyone’s performance and conflict might be aggravated by others.
5. Promote teamwork.
It is best to remind the staff the importance of working as a team.
6. Broadcast praises.
If the good deeds are spread to everyone in the workplace, this makes everyone motivated
and encouraged to do the same.

How will the conflict be prevented?

1. Being open. It is better to express the issue and deal with them.
2. Maintain clear communication. Articulate thoughts clearly to one another in the
workplace.
3. Encourage different points of view and evaluate each fairly.
4. Demonstrate respect for team members rather than resorting to blame game.
5. Keep team issues within the team. Talking of the issues outside will result to bigger and
longer conflict.

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 POSTTEST
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

_____1. Computer passwords and telephone codes must be divulged to anyone asking
for it in the workplace.
A. Always False C. False
B. Partly true D. True

_____2. What definition of confidentiality is being referred to by this example:

Telling that one of your colleagues is being interviewed in another company?
A. Casual B. Legal C. Layman D. Formal

_____3. Refusal to work without threat or reprisal from the employer if, as determined
by the DOLE, an imminent danger situation exists in the workplace that may result
in illness, injury or death corrective actions to eliminate the danger that have not
undertaken by the employer.
What does that statement indicate?
A. Duties C. Responsibilities
B. Challenges D. Rights

_____4. If you can keep confidential records and information to yourself alone, what
value do you manifest as an employee?
A. Confidence C. Truthfulness
B. Flexibility D. Trustworthiness

_____5. Imagine that you were in a certain company for an immersion. One day you
accidentally heard from the conversation of the two staff about a critical issue in
the company. What would you do? A. I would just keep it to myself.
B. I would share it only to my parents.
C. I would go directly to my close employee and share about it.
D. I would choose somebody from the company to make it secret too.

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