The Senate has legislated to modify the Labor Code to include a provision which makes it obligatory for employers to give a 15-day vacation and full months salary bonus at Christmas time to maids and house help. This has been a general practice in many households that can afford to do so, but may have a boomerang effect for maids and house help in homes where the employers may have a hard time at making the payments. The Labor Code does not grant protection to jobs of maids and house help, and these can be fired at any time without severance payments being made.
