Browse guides on final pay in the Philippines covering DOLE timelines, clearance, deductions, company property, written demands, and SEnA assistance.
No Philippine law requires an employer to keep providing HMO coverage after you resign, and there is no local equivalent of the U.S. COBRA law. This guide explains what actually governs your health card’s end date, when a company practice can protect continued coverage, and how PhilHealth differs by law from your private HMO plan.
What can a Philippine employer actually require during company clearance before releasing final pay — and where does the law draw the line? This guide covers the 30-day final pay rule, lawful wage deductions, and the Supreme Court’s Milan v. NLRC ruling.
BIR Form 2316 is the annual Certificate of Compensation Payment/Tax Withheld every Philippine employer must issue — by January 31 for continuing employees, or on the day of last pay for anyone who separates mid-year. Learn what it must contain, how it enables substituted filing, and what to do if your employer refuses to issue it.
Philippine employers must issue a Certificate of Employment within three days of a written request, containing only dates of employment and position held. This guide covers DOLE Labor Advisory No. 6-20, what a compliant COE must and must not contain, a sample template, and what to do when an employer refuses or delays.
A clause-by-clause guide to the release, waiver and quitclaim Filipino workers are asked to sign at separation — what each part does, which clauses carry the least weight, and how the forum you sign in changes how final it is.
Learn the essential parts of an immediate resignation letter in the Philippines, including format, legal context, wording tips, and samples.
Learn how to use a final pay calculator in the Philippines. Estimate unpaid salary, prorated 13th-month pay, leave conversion, separation pay and deductions.
Learn whether probationary employees must give 30 days’ notice, when immediate resignation is allowed, and how to protect final pay and COE rights.
Find out who is entitled to separation pay in the Philippines, the correct Article 298 and 299 formulas, worked computations, tax rules, evidence to keep, and what to do if payment is withheld.
Learn when resigned employees receive prorated 13th-month pay in the Philippines, how to calculate it, when it should be paid, and what to do if payment is delayed.