How to Prove Employee Status Despite an Independent Contractor Agreement
Learn what contracts, schedules, payroll records, instructions, and messages may help prove employee status despite an independent contractor agreement.
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CODI Procedure for Employers in the Philippines: Investigation Steps and Requirements
How Philippine employers should establish and operate a CODI under RA 7877 and RA 11313: composition, ten-day procedure, conflicts, evidence, confidentiality and retaliation safeguards.
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Can an Employer Require You to Return to the Office in the Philippines?
Can an employer require employees to return to the office in the Philippines? Review RA 11165, telecommuting agreements, management prerogative, employee rights, evidence and next steps.
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What Can an Employer Restrict After You Resign? Non-Compete, NDA and Non-Solicitation
Philippine employers often bundle non-compete, confidentiality, non-solicitation and benefit-forfeiture clauses into one exit clause. Here is how each is actually tested, using the Del Castillo, Rivera, Tiu and Portillo Supreme Court rulings.
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Are Non-Compete Clauses Enforceable in the Philippines? The Reasonableness Test Explained
Non-compete clauses in Philippine employment contracts are neither automatically void nor automatically binding. Learn the reasonableness test courts apply, the key Supreme Court cases, and where to file a dispute.
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Supervisory Employee in the Philippines: Managerial vs Supervisory vs Rank-and-File
Learn the Article 219(m) test that defines a supervisory employee in the Philippines, how it differs from managerial and rank-and-file status, the union and overtime consequences, and the Supreme Court cases that settled the line.
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Kasambahay Rights and Benefits: Wages, Rest Days, Leave, 13th Month and Termination
A complete guide to kasambahay rights under RA 10361 (Batas Kasambahay): current regional minimum wage, rest periods, leave, 13th month pay, SSS/PhilHealth/Pag-IBIG coverage, and the legal grounds and notice rules for ending a domestic worker’s employment.
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Do Government Employees Have Labor Rights? Civil Service Rules vs the Labor Code
Government workers in the Philippines are protected by the Civil Service Law and the 1987 Constitution, not the Labor Code. Here is exactly which rights they have, which they don’t (like the right to strike), and where Job Order and Contract of Service workers fit in.
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Moonlighting in the Philippines: Can Your Employer Ban a Second Job?
No Philippine law bans a private-sector employee from holding a second job, but an employer can adopt a reasonable, clearly communicated policy restricting outside work that creates a real conflict of interest. This guide covers what makes a moonlighting policy valid, how government-employee rules differ, and what two Supreme Court cases say about enforcing it.
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Employee Classifications in Philippine Labor Law: Status, Rank and Legal Consequences
Philippine labor law classifies every private-sector employee along two separate axes: employment status (regular, probationary, project, casual) and rank (managerial, supervisory, rank-and-file). This guide explains both systems, the Article 219(m) test courts use to determine rank, and the real consequences for overtime pay, holiday pay, and union rights that turn on getting the classification right.
