Blog Posts on labor law
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SCB Male Employees’ Spouses to Get Maternity Benefits by My Concluding Quest on Apr 30, 2012SCB Male Employees’ Spouses to Get Maternity BenefitsBy Arcie M. SercadoThe Supreme Court recently sustained the grant of maternity benefits to the spouses of male employees as well as the outpatient medicine reimbursements of the employees of the...
SC Upholds Dismissal of Overweight Flight Steward by My Concluding Quest on Apr 28, 2012SC Upholds Dismissal of Overweight Flight StewardBy Gleo Sp. GuerraThe Supreme Court recently upheld the dismissal of an international flight steward because of his failure to adhere to the weight standards of his airline employer.In a 28-page decisi...
SC Upholds Conviction of Chinese for Illegal Recruitment by My Concluding Quest on Apr 28, 2012SC Upholds Conviction of Chinese for Illegal RecruitmentBy Arcie M. SercadoThe Supreme Court recently affirmed the conviction of a Chinese national for illegally recruiting four Filipinos and misappropriating approximately PhP335,000 of their money,...
Sacked Napocor Employees Entitled to Separation Pay, Backwages by My Concluding Quest on Apr 26, 2012Sacked Napocor Employees Entitled to Separation Pay, BackwagesBy Arcie M. SercadoNational Power Corporation (NPC) employees, who were illegally terminated to give way to the re-organization of the corporation in 2002, are entitled to separation pay,...
SC Upholds Employee’s Dismissal for Cause Analogous to Serious Misconduct by My Concluding Quest on Apr 26, 2012SC Upholds Employee’s Dismissal for Cause Analogous to Serious MisconductBy Arcie M. SercadoTheft committed by an employee against a person other than his employer, if proven by substantial evidence, is a cause analogous to serious misconduct, henc...
Who should exercise the option to retire? by Uber Digests on Apr 15, 2012Compulsory retirement takes place at age 65, while optional retirement is primarily determined by the CBA or other employment contract or employer’s retirement plan. In the absence of any provision on optional retirement in a CBA, other employmen...
What is the purpose of labor legislation? by Uber Digests on Apr 15, 2012Labor legislation is an exercise of police power. The purpose of labor legislation is to regulate the relations between employers and employees respecting the terms and conditions of employment,...
What are Social Security Laws? by Uber Digests on Apr 15, 2012Social security laws are those labor statutes that provide protection not only to a worker but also to members of his family in case of loss of income or when there is need for medical care brought about by contingencies like sickness, disability, d...
2011 Philippine Bar Exam Questions by Case Digests on Apr 15, 2012The 2011 Bar Exam Questions have been released, well Set A thereof. Here are the links to the MCQs and the essay portion (Legal Opinion and Memorandum Writing): Civil Law Criminal Law Commercial Law Legal Ethics Labor Law Political Law Remedial Law T...
Can an overseas worker refuse to remit his earnings to his dependents and deposit the same in the country where he works to gain more interests? by Uber Digests on Apr 15, 2012NO. Article 22 of the Labor Code provides that it shall be mandatory for all Filipino workers abroad to remit a portion of their foreign exchange earnings to their families, dependents, and/or beneficiaries in accordance with the rules...
