What Article 282 of the Labor Code Says About Wages in the Philippines
Learn what Article 282, now Article 297, actually covers, where Philippine wage protections are found, and what employees receive after termination.
Understand illegal dismissal in the Philippines, including due process, evidence, SEnA, NLRC filing, deadlines, reinstatement, and backwages.
Learn what Article 282, now Article 297, actually covers, where Philippine wage protections are found, and what employees receive after termination.
An employee who is dismissed without a legally sufficient ground may file an illegal dismissal case in the Philippines. There is a deadline: an action contesting the dismissal itself prescribes in four years, while the money claims attached to it prescribe in three — see the filing deadlines compared. In most cases, the employee should…