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Sole Proprietorship, Corporation or Partnership: Choosing your business enterprise

In doing business, there are various forms of business entities to consider, the most common forms of which are 1) single proprietorships, 2) corporations, and c) partnerships. A single proprietorship is a business operated by a single individual. Registration of single proprietorships would take between 1-2 days, and the documentary requirements of the Department of […]

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Self-Defense

Not all acts constitute crimes. A person who is defending himself, family or property cannot be held criminally liable.  Article 11 of the Revised Penal provides for justifying circumstances whereby the person is said to be acting in accordance with law such as self-defense Art. 11. Justifying circumstances. — The following do not incur any

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Lifting the Ban of Night Work for Women and Expanding the Rights of Night Workers

Under the old Labor Code, women were prohibited from engaging in night work. As such, Article 130 of the Labor Code provides: Art. 130. Nightwork prohibition. No woman, regardless of age, shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work, with or without compensation: a. In any industrial undertaking or branch thereof between ten o’clock

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Sexual Harassment

Republic Act No. 7877, or the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995 (RA 7877), is the governing law for work, education or training-related sexual harassment. RA 7877 states that “work, education or training-related sexual harassment is committed by an employer, employee, manager, supervisor, agent of the employer, teacher, instructor, professor, coach, trainor, or any other person

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