Retail cashier cash shortage rules in the Philippines: the four conditions and 20% weekly cap for salary deductions, when shortages justify dismissal for loss of trust or gross neglect, POS evidence, and the NTE procedure.
Hazard pay in the Philippines is not one universal right. See exactly who qualifies under RA 7305, RA 11712, and the DBM hazard duty pay rules, and how much each pays.
A step-by-step employer guide to lawfully terminating an employee in the Philippines: choosing between just cause and authorized cause, running the twin-notice process or the 30-day DOLE notice, computing separation pay, and avoiding the procedural mistakes that trigger nominal damages.
Not every informal job is unprotected under Philippine law. This guide explains when boundary-system driving, home-based subcontracting, and app-based gig work are still legally an employment relationship, when a worker is genuinely self-employed instead, and what both groups can still claim under SSS, PhilHealth, and Pag-IBIG law.
A construction worker unpaid by a subcontractor can claim from the subcontractor, the general contractor and the project owner. Who is liable, what to claim, and where to file.
A practical year-end payroll compliance checklist for Philippine employers: the December 24 deadline for 13th month pay, the January 15 DOLE compliance report, BIR Form 2316 and 1604-C/Alphalist deadlines, and SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG remittance reconciliation.
When Philippine employers can suspend or dismiss a warehouse employee who tests positive for drugs: valid testing, D.O. 53-03 referral rules, evidence and due process.
Who must get a Taxpayer Identification Number and when under NIRC Sec. 236, personal vs corporate TIN, Forms 1901/1902/1903/1904/1905, applying on ORUS, employee vs business registration, the one-TIN rule and Sec. 275 penalty, what an RDO is, and which BIR forms are monthly, quarterly and annual.
Compute a kasambahay’s 13th month pay: total basic salary for the year divided by 12, paid by December 24. Worked 2026 NCR examples plus the SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG sharing rule under Section 30 of RA 10361.
What does “contractual employee” actually mean under Philippine law, and when does it cross into illegal contractualization (endo)? This guide explains the real Labor Code categories behind the word, the legitimate-contracting vs labor-only-contracting test, and what employees and employers should do next.