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Philippine law sets a high standard in establishing a just cause for termination of employment. There are also due process requirements which must be complied with.
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With more and more businesses seeing value in engaging skilled Filipino contractors to perform specific services, the persistent challenge that confronts them is misclassification of their contractors as their employees.
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An employee may only be dismissed if there is a just or authorised cause for the dismissal. This policy is anchored on the principle of the security of tenure of employees, which is not only statutorily provided...
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Under the Philippine Labor Code, Republic Act (RA) No. 11058 (the Occupational Safety and Health Law) (the OSH Law) and its implementing rules and regulations (IRR), employers are mandated to...
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Under Philippine law, employment relationships are contractual in nature but imbued with public interest such that labour contracts must yield to the common good.
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The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a shift in paradigm in how work is done in the Philippines. Whereas before long hours of stay in the office was the norm, the imposition of the Enhanced Community Quarantine ("ECQ")...
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On the evening of 16 March 2020, the President of the Philippines declared that an enhanced community quarantine ("ECQ") was to be imposed on the island of Luzon.
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With rapid advances in technology and increasingly blurred borders, business organisations and individuals have adopted novel initiatives to better cater to and meet their demands.
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Technological advances have allowed companies to undertake cross-border operations and engage individuals around the world without the need for relocation.
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Throughout the decades, the Philippines has been consistent in its efforts to close the gender gap in the workplace and to open up more opportunities for women.
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The Philippines faces a two-pronged conundrum on both environmental and industrial fronts. According to the International Labor Organization, the country is one of the most vulnerable to climate risks...
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Probationary employment is an arrangement where an employee is placed on trial by the employer for a period of time, not to exceed six months, to allow the employer to determine whether the employee is fit for regularization.
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On April 27, 2022, Republic Act No. 11712, or the Public Health Emergency Benefits and Allowances for Health Care Workers Act ("RA 11712"), was signed into law in recognition of the critical role of health care workers.
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Reasonable connection, not direct causation. This is the essence of the Supreme Court's decision in Social Security System v. Violeta A. Simacas (G.R. No. 217866, 20 June 2022).
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In Toyo Seat Philippines Corporation v. Annabelle C. Velasco, et al. (G.R. No. 240774, March 03, 2021), the Supreme Court reiterated that workers may be considered project employees...
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The growing reliance towards digital courier services, including food delivery, has become evident when the COVID-19 pandemic started. This sector in the service industry continued to operate...
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With the decreasing number of positive COVID-19 cases, more employees are now returning to on-site work and new COVID-19 testing protocols are in place.
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Pursuant to Department of Labor and Employment ("DOLE") Labor Advisory No. 18, series of 2020, employers, including contractors or subcontractors in the private sector, shall shoulder the cost of COVID-19 prevention and control measures.
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On January 31, 2020, the Department of Labor and Employment ("DOLE") issued Labor Advisory No. 6, series of 2020, which prescribes the period for: [a] the payment and/or the release of the final pay; and [b] the issuance of Certificate of Employment to employees who are terminated from their employment.
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The webinar entitled Introduction to Philippine Labour and Employment Law aims to educate audience from all over the world on the the basic labour and employment laws that exist in the Philippines.
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