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To answer your question, I will quote the Constitution. "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity......" Those words are the sum of the purpose of government in this country. I cant really think of a more "to the point" answer for you on this one. Please let me know if this answers your question.

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βˆ™ 12y ago

The Government's role in our lives is to give/pass laws to help keep our many rights and freedoms from being taken away from us. They allow us to have religious, speech, education, and many more rights and freedoms that go along with our everyday lives. The Government will also help us with problems and send police out when there are emergencies, a crime in process that they know about, or when citizens have simple but urgent needs. They give us safety from different countries attacking us. Government also gives us the knowing of what is going on in different states of the U.S. when it is a big problem or something like who are the candidates for President and Vice President. ;)

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βˆ™ 13y ago

hope this will help :P

though this is only what i have search for now.

this will greatly help (i think because were also discussing it at our class)

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Social Security System (SSS)

``The SSS was created to provide private employees and their families with protection against disability, sickness, old age, and death. The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is an equivalent system for Philippine government employees``

Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth)

``PhilHealth is administered by the Philippine National Health Corporation, which is designed to provide employees with a practical means of paying for adequate medical care in the Philippines.``

Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF)

``The HMDF is a provident savings system providing housing loans to private and Philippine government employees, and to self-employed persons who elect to join the Fund. ``

Philippine Health Insurance (PhilHealth)

``The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation is the medical insurance company of the Philippines. All employees are required to be contributors of this service (Republic Act 7875). Members are given health and hospitalization subsidies should they or a dependent be hospitalized. Monthly contributions are based on actual employee monthly salaries and the amount of employee contribution is matched equally by the employer.``

Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-ibig Fund) --

``Employers are also required to contribute, on behalf of their employees, to the Home Development Mutual Fund (Republic Act 7835). This company provides the lowest interest housing and land acquisition loans to its members that are payable for up to 30 years. This gives every Filipino worker an opportunity to own a house in easy-payment plans that can directly be deducted from their monthly wages.``

13th Month Pay

``Based on Presidential Decree No. 851, all Filipino employees are entitled to a year-end bonus equivalent to one (1) month salary regardless of the nature of their employment. The 13th month pay is to be given no later than December 24 of every year a worker is employed.``

Service Incentive Leave

``According to Article 95 of the Labor Code of the Philippines, an employee who has worked for at least one (1) year in a company is entitled to five (5) days leave of absence, with pay, every year. If the employee does not avail of these paid leaves, the company may opt to have them do a mandatory leave of absence, with pay, or convert these unavailed paid leaves to their cash equivalents, to be given at the end of each year``

Meal and Rest Periods

``According to Article 83 of the Labor Code of the Philippines, employees are entitled to one (1) hour break for meals on an eight-hour work day. Employees are also entitled to adequate rest periods in the morning and afternoon, of short durations, that will be counted as hours worked. These rest periods normally last for 15 minutes and can be used by employees as coffee or snack breaks.``

Overtime Pay and Holiday/Rest Day Pay

Under Article 87, an employee who renders over eight (8) hours of service per day shall be given an overtime pay which is equivalent to his regular hourly wage plus at least twenty-five percent (25%) thereof. Under Article 93, if an employee is asked to work on their scheduled rest day or on a non-working holiday, the employee shall be paid an additional compensation of at least thirty percent (30%) of his regular wage.

Night Shift Differential

According to Article 86, every employee shall be paid a night shift differential of not less than ten percent (10%) of his regular wage for each hour of work performed between ten o'clock in the evening and six o'clock in the morning.

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βˆ™ 7y ago

It is the framework our society is built on. Think of it like a sport. Unless there are rules and a place to play the sport no one knows what to do or how to do it. The government gives us that foundation to work within and a good government thinks of the common good for the people.

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βˆ™ 15y ago

governs them

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