LaborCode.ph corrects material errors promptly and transparently, and updates guides when statutes, implementing rules, wage orders, agency procedures or Supreme Court doctrine change.
Readers, practitioners, agencies and subject-matter experts may report possible inaccuracies for review. We explain rules that people act on — sometimes against a prescriptive period — so an error here has consequences.
What Counts as a Material Correction
A material correction is a change that could affect how a reasonable reader understands the law, the procedure, a deadline, an entitlement or the recommended next step.
- An incorrect legal requirement, entitlement, rate, prescriptive period or agency jurisdiction
- A wrong article number under either the original or the renumbered Labor Code, or a misstated case holding
- A superseded wage order, department order or labor advisory presented as current
- An outdated filing, SEnA, NLRC or DOLE procedure
- A calculation error, or an assumption in a calculator that no longer holds
- A pending bill described as enacted law
Minor Edits
Spelling, grammar, formatting, broken links and clearer wording are repaired without a formal correction note, and do not reset a guide’s materially reviewed date.
Materially Reviewed Dates
For subjects that can change, a guide may display a Last materially reviewed date. It indicates when the legal or procedural substance was checked, not simply when WordPress recorded a small edit. Our review cycle is described in the Content Review Policy.
When We Update Content
- a statute is enacted, amended or repealed;
- a Supreme Court ruling materially changes or clarifies an issue;
- a DOLE department order, labor advisory or implementing rule changes;
- a Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board issues a new wage order;
- an NLRC, SEnA, SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG or DMW procedure, form or contribution table changes;
- a pending bill advances, is substituted, enacted, vetoed or archived; or
- new authoritative information shows an earlier explanation was incomplete.
An article may have been accurate when published but later become outdated because of legislation, regulation, agency practice or jurisprudence. These are treated as substantive updates rather than necessarily as editorial errors.
How a Correction Is Handled
- The report is checked against the primary source: the statute text, the implementing rule, the wage order, the issuing agency’s own statement, or the decision itself. A secondary commentary is not enough on its own to change a guide.
- If the report is right, the guide is corrected.
- Material corrections are noted in the guide and the materially reviewed date is revised.
- Minor fixes are made without a note.
- We reply to the person who reported it, including when we conclude that no change is needed and why.
No Silent Alteration of Meaning
LaborCode.ph does not knowingly alter a material legal conclusion without reviewing the underlying sources. When a correction changes the practical meaning of an article, the revised version makes that change reasonably clear rather than quietly replacing the earlier text.
How We Handle Conflicting Official Guidance
When official sources conflict, we aim to identify the inconsistency rather than hide it. We may explain both positions, identify which source appears newer or more authoritative, and decline to state a definitive conclusion where the available official material does not support one.
Archived and Superseded Information
Older material can remain useful for historical context, particularly where a claim is governed by the rule or rate in force at the time it arose. Where we keep such material, we identify that it has been superseded and point to the current authority, rather than presenting historical guidance as current.
What We Do Not Change on Request
- Accurate statements of law, because an employer, employee, agency or representative dislikes what they say
- Content, in exchange for payment, links or any other consideration
- Anything that would turn general legal information into advice about a particular case
Where a question turns out to be a genuine difference of legal opinion rather than an error, the guide may be revised to set out both positions and the authority for each, rather than adopting one silently.
How to Report an Error
Use our Contact page. A correction request should identify the page, the disputed statement and a reliable supporting source. A report backed by the primary text is acted on fastest. Submission does not guarantee a change, but every specific and well-supported report receives a good-faith review.
For how we research and verify guides in the first place, see our Editorial Policy & Research Methodology and Source and Citation Policy.
Last materially reviewed: September 10, 2026.