Constructive Dismissal via Demotion: The Consequences of Unilaterally Changing an Employee’s Role
Constructive dismissal by demotion in the Philippines: security of tenure, when reassignment becomes illegal dismissal, and exposure to full backwages.
Settling Labor Disputes Through Arbitration: Enforcing Arbitration Clauses in Cross-Border Employment Contracts (Philippines)
Guide to labor arbitration limits in the Philippines, focusing on illegal dismissal jurisdiction and cross-border employment contracts and dispute clauses.
Employee Embezzlement and Fraud: The Immediate Legal Steps to Suspend and Dismiss a Rogue Worker (Philippines)
Guide to preventive suspension in employee fraud cases in the Philippines: 30-day rule, due process notices, and just cause dismissal requirements.
Withholding Employee Clearances: The Legal Timeframe for Releasing Final Pay to Resigned Staff in the Philippines
Philippine rules on final pay: 30-day release after resignation, valid clearance holds, and how employee clearance affects final pay timing.
Subcontracting vs. Direct Hiring: The Liability of Principal Foreign Clients for Agency Wage Violations in the Philippines
Explains solidary liability for foreign principals in PH subcontracting, covering unpaid wages of outsourced security guards and janitors.
The Six-Month Maximum Limit in Probationary Contracts Before Automatic Regularization in the Philippines
Explains probationary employment in the Philippines, the six-month probationary period, and automatic regularization when work continues beyond six months.
The Legal Threshold for Terminating Employees Who Go AWOL (Philippines)
Learn when absenteeism may amount to job abandonment in the Philippines and how to serve return-to-work notices to the last known address with due process.
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Ensuring Foreign Employers Retain Rights Over Remote Employee Inventions (Philippine Law Guide)
Philippine law guide on intellectual property ownership, employee inventions, and employment contract drafting for foreign employers with remote teams.
Resolving Labor Union Disputes and Recognizing Freedom of Association in Export Processing Zones (Philippines)
Guide for foreign plant managers on freedom of association, collective bargaining, and strike rules for workers in Philippine economic zones.
The Solo Parents Welfare Act (Philippines): 7-Day Paid Parental Leave and Flexible Work Schedules for Registered Solo Parent Employees
Solo Parents’ Welfare Act: 7-day paid parental leave and flexible work schedule rights for registered solo parent employees under RA 8972 and RA 11861.
