Guides for Philippine freelancers, riders and platform workers: employee vs independent contractor status, the four-fold test, and what rights follow.
Fixed-Term Employment Philippines 2026: learn when a fixed-term contract is valid, the Brent School test, repeated-renewal risks, employee rights, lawful expiration, and when termination may become illegal dismissal.
Yes — but only within the same legal framework that governs a decision made by a human manager. Philippine law does not treat AI scoring, screening, or termination-flagging tools as a separate legal category. If an algorithm’s output leads to hiring rejection or dismissal, the employer must still show a valid just or authorized cause…
Article 295 explains when an employee is considered regular in the Philippines, including the necessary-or-desirable test, the one-year casual-employment rule, probationary employment, project work, evidence, and remedies.
AI-driven redundancy in the Philippines follows the same Labor Code Article 298 rules as any redundancy: 30-day notice, separation pay, good faith, and fair criteria. Here’s what employees and employers need to know in 2026.
Last materially reviewed: August 16, 2026 Most workplace disputes involve two parties. Labor-only contracting involves three — a principal, a contractor, and the workers — and the whole question is which of the two companies is actually the employer, and who pays when something goes wrong. That makes it a different problem from endo. Endo…
Project-Based Employment Philippines 2026 guide: Article 295 rules, valid project contracts, employee rights, DOLE reporting, project completion, and when repeated rehiring can make a worker regular.
A practical guide to Pag-IBIG membership, payroll contributions, regular savings, loans, employer duties, and record checks.
A practical guide to PhilHealth membership, 2026 payroll contributions, benefit coverage, employer remittance duties, and record checks.
A practical guide to SSS membership, payroll contributions, benefits, employer duties, and what to do when a contribution is missing.
Learn when management prerogative is valid under Philippine labor law, its legal limits, the evidence that matters, and what employees and employers can do next.