An employer may terminate the services of an employee who has been found to be suffering from any disease and whose continued employment is prohibited by law or is prejudicial to his health as well as the health of his co-employees. (Art. 284, LC) Requisites for termination on the ground of disease. The employee suffers [...]
Separation pay may be computed based on the terms provided in the employment contract, company policy, or collective bargaining agreement. Company practice may likewise be used as basis for computation, if such practice has been established for years and has already ripened into a demandable right. In the absence of contract or agreement, or when [...]
Under the Republic Act 9710, otherwise known as “The Magna Carta of Women“, a woman employee shall be entitled to a special leave benefit of two (2) months with full pay based on her gross monthly compensation following surgery caused by gynecological disorders. As guidelines for the implementation of special leave benefits for women in [...]
The National Labor Relations Commission approved on 31 May 2011 “The 2011 NLRC Rules of Procedure”. The new rule supersedes the 6 year-old “2005 Revised Rules of Procedure of the National Labor Relations Commission.” The 2011 NLRC Rules of Procedure took effect on 7 August 2011, or 15 days after its publication in two (2) [...]
Republic Act No. 10151, “An Act Allowing the Employment of Night Workers”, was passed on June 21, 2011. The law repeals Article 130, which prohibits employment of women for night work, and Article 131 of the Labor Code. Before its repeal, Article 130 of the Labor Code prohibits the employment of women in industrial undertaking [...]
2010 Bar Exam Results
1. ABAD, Charmee R .
2. ABADA, Merlin I .
3. ABARIENTOS, Ma. Theresa M .
4. ABBAS, JR., Yusoph M .
5. ABELLA, Charmian Maria F .
6. ABELLA, Sheena Marie R .
7. ABIERA-MONTESA, Rosalyn B .
8. ABING, Ramil P .
9. ABONG, Mark Julio U .
10. ABRAGAN, Martin Luke G .
11. ABRAHAM, Sarah Joan M .
12. ABUBACAR, Rayhanah M .
The principle of non-diminution of benefits states that: “any benefit and supplement being enjoyed by employees cannot be reduced, diminished, discontinued or eliminated by the employer.”
This principle is founded on the Constitutional mandate to “protect the rights of workers and promote their welfare,” and “to afford labor full protection.” Said mandate in turn is the basis of Article 4 of the Labor Code which states that “all doubts in the implementation and interpretation of this Code, including its implementing rules and regulations shall be rendered in favor of labor.”
With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in men, than any other association of men.
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