Guides for Philippine HR practitioners: due process documentation, notices to explain, company policies, employee disputes and DOLE inspections.
Field personnel are excluded from overtime pay, holiday pay and Service Incentive Leave under Article 82 of the Labor Code — but only if the employer genuinely cannot verify their hours. Learn the Supreme Court’s two-part test, common misclassification traps, and what employees and employers should do next.
An employer generally does not need an employee’s consent to transfer or reassign them — but the move must pass a two-part legal test: no demotion or diminution of pay and benefits, and no unreasonableness, prejudice, or bad faith. This guide covers the Supreme Court test, key cases from 1989 to 2021, and what employees and employers should do when a transfer is disputed.
Floating status lets a security agency keep an employee on the books without pay while waiting for a new client assignment — but only for a maximum of six months. This guide covers the Article 301 legal basis, the Supreme Court’s six-month rule and burden of proof, red flags for abuse, and what happens once floating status ripens into constructive dismissal.
Yes. A Philippine employer may generally require, restrict, or ban the use of ChatGPT and similar generative AI tools at work, and may discipline an employee who violates that policy, because setting workplace tools and rules is part of management prerogative. This power is not absolute: the policy must be lawful, reasonable, made known to…
A signed, accepted Philippine job offer becomes a binding contract on acceptance, per the 2025 Supreme Court ruling in Aragones v. Alltech. Learn when withdrawal is legal and what to do if yours is pulled.
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.
Learn how to file a data privacy complaint with the National Privacy Commission: who can file, fees, requirements, process and possible remedies.
Every organization must designate someone accountable for data privacy, but only some must register a DPO with the NPC. See the exact thresholds and who is exempt.
The Data Privacy Act of 2012 (RA 10173) is the Philippines’ primary privacy law. Learn how it works, who it applies to, penalties, and your rights.
Remote and hybrid work became permanent for a large share of Philippine employers after the pandemic, and many pair that arrangement with some form of digital oversight—time tracking, screenshot tools, activity loggers, or AI-based productivity scoring. No Philippine government agency publishes a verified adoption rate for this practice, so precise percentages circulating online should be…