RA 10911 Explained: Age Discrimination in Employment in the Philippines
Know what Philippine employers, recruiters and publishers may not do under RA 10911, the lawful exceptions, evidence to preserve and where to complain.
Use this hub to understand the legal framework that determines whether Philippine labor protections apply and how employment relationships are classified. Start here before analyzing wages, working hours, resignation or dismissal.
Core concepts: Employer-Employee Relationship · Four-Fold Test · Control Test · Regular Employment · Probationary Employment · Independent Contractor.
Recommended starting guides: Philippine Labor Law Overview · Constitutional Labor Protection · Labor Law Doctrine · 6-Month Probation Period.
Know what Philippine employers, recruiters and publishers may not do under RA 10911, the lawful exceptions, evidence to preserve and where to complain.
A practical employer compliance guide to RA 11313 covering posting, prevention, CODI composition, the ten-day process, confidentiality, retaliation, inspections and penalties.
Learn how the Philippine Mental Health Act applies at work, including employer policies, confidentiality, non-discrimination, support measures and employee remedies.
Understand the economic dependence test in Philippine labor law, its seven factors, workplace examples, evidence, and relationship to the four-fold test.
Learn what contracts, schedules, payroll records, instructions, and messages may help prove employee status despite an independent contractor agreement.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.