Can Fake Sick Leaves Lead to Criminal Charges?
Learn when fake sick leaves and medical certificates may lead to criminal charges under Articles 174 and 175 of the Revised Penal Code.
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When Are Directors Liable for Illegal Dismissal?
Learn when Philippine directors may personally pay backwages for illegal dismissal and what bad faith, participation, and due process require.
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What Penalties Apply to Hazardous Child Labor Violations?
Philippine law imposes severe criminal penalties for hazardous child labor, including exploitation in manufacturing, mining, forced labor, and trafficking.
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Slander and Oral Defamation: Taking Legal Action Against Disgruntled Former Employees (Philippines)
Learn oral defamation and slander rules in the Philippines, elements to prove, evidence tips, and the prescriptive period for filing cases.
Inflicting Physical Injuries in the Workplace: Prosecuting Office Altercations Under the Revised Penal Code
Workplace altercation cases under the Revised Penal Code: physical injuries classifications, evidence, HR response, and police involvement in the Philippines.
Article 365 and Workplace Fatalities: The Criminal Charges for Industrial Negligence in the Philippines
Learn how reckless imprudence charges apply to workplace fatality cases, OSH duties under R.A. 11058 IRR, and proximate cause rules in prosecutions.
Qualified Theft in the Workplace: Prosecuting Employees Who Exploit Their Position of Trust
Learn how qualified theft, grave abuse of confidence, and workplace theft affect criminal liability when employees steal from employers in the Philippines.
Employing Foreign Engineers in Philippine Power Plants: DOLE Alien Employment Permit Regulations and Labor Market Tests
Guide to Alien Employment Permit (AEP) rules for foreign engineers in Philippine power plants, including Labor Market Test (LMT) and understudy training.
Drug-Free Workplace Policies: Random Testing Protocols for Employees in Foreign Manufacturing Plants (Philippines)
Philippine rules on random drug testing in drug-free workplace policy programs, with privacy safeguards, confidentiality, confirmatory tests, and due process.
The Expanded Anti-Age Discrimination Law: Legal Hiring Practices for Offshore Staffing Agencies
Explains RA 10911 compliance for offshore staffing agencies: ban on age limits in job ads, no age-based rejection, limited exceptions.
