Industrial Relations

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has made it easier for employees to prove they have suffered discrimination because of their age.

Under the Constitution, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) has jurisdiction over all positions in the government service, whether career or non-career. Does such jurisdiction include the president of state universities or schools with governing boards exclusively granted by their charters the corporate powers of administration? This is the issue raised in this case of Mr.…

One of the valid grounds for terminating employment is willful disobedience. What constitutes willful disobedience? This is answered in the case of Pancho.

The second worker’s inn would be open in time for Independence Day, said the Metro Manila Development Authority.

THE Supreme Court has declared as legal the collection of union dues from non-union members who are included in the benefits negotiated by the union from management through a collective bargaining agreement.

For so many years now, government employees have been fighting for the payment of the allowances, fringe benefits and COLA that were discontinued following the passage of R.A. 6758, otherwise known as the Salary Standardization Law and the issuance of Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Circular No. 10 implementing said law that deemed the…

MANILA, Philippines — The top three issues that worry Metro Manila employers are the lack of qualified manpower, high turnover rate, and absenteeism/tardiness, according to a survey of the Department of Labor and Employment.

Last Saturday, Philippine police violently dispersed more than 100 sacked workers, who had been picketing at the gates of the port at Dumaguete city, the capital of Negros Oriental province. Ten people were reported injured, including four workers, a child and five police personnel.

Transport groups called off a transport strike yesterday after President Arroyo issued an executive order granting their demand  for the implementation of a unified ticketing system for violations of traffic rules in Metro Manila.

Camp Vicente Lim, La­guna – A member of a labor union was gunned down by unidentified men yesterday morning while driving his car along the national highway in Imus, Cavite, police said

THE National Labor Relations Commission has declared as illegal the one-year suspension of two officers of the Asian Institute of Management Faculty Association and ordered the educational institution to pay the mentors the salaries and benefits that were withheld from them.

The Filipino workers may not realize it but they have just scored a significant victory in the latest amendments to the rules of procedure promulgated by the Supreme Court. In a yet another effort to speed up proceedings in cases, the highest tribunal approved amendments to Rules 41, 45, 58 and 65 of the Rules…

Around 600 members of a militant organization held an indignation rally in front of the Manila Police District (MPD) headquarters on Friday morning to condemn the violent dispersal of protestors who were staging a picket before the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Thursday evening.

Can an Amended Complaint be admitted after the order dismissing the original complaint has already become final on the ground that no substantial amendments to the original complaint are to be made anyway and the amendment is merely in compliance with the court order to continue plaintiff’s cause of action mainly directed at another party?…

Employees of the Philippine National Construction Corp. (PNCC) lost a legal battle to prevent Citra Metro Manila Tollways Corp. from taking over the Skyway operations.

I HAVE heard countless times about couples who met in the workplace. Some relationships headed for the altar, a few lasted only briefly as their careers. I don’t know if there are sure-fire rules, but what I know is, when you are dating someone from work, always practice discretion. No playing footsies in the conference…

In the name of the riding public, retrenched employees of the Philippine National Construction Corp. (PNCC) sought a court order to stop a foreign-owned firm from operating the Skyway.

It is not immoral under the law for a government employee to give birth out of wedlock if she and the father are not married to other people, the Supreme Court has ruled.

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MANILA, Philippines — A woman cannot be fired from her job because she is pregnant, according to the Supreme Court.

A SWEDISH court has ruled in favor of the Philippine-based United Filipino Seafarers union in its dispute with a Swedish labor group after five years of litigation, records showed.

Fearing a drastic reduction of their already meager income, organized labor yesterday rejected plans of adopting the four-day workweek for the private sector.

By Dean O. De La Paz From BusinessWorld June 30, 2005 It should have been easy enough to tell between white meat and dark meat. Unfortunately, the food server knew only Classic Roast from Fiesta. Not trained on the latest variant, he avoided answering customer queries. Perhaps, it was the failure of the brain cells…

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Report No. 332, LXXXVI, 2003, Series B, No. 3, Case No. 1826 Effect given to the Recommendations of the Committee and the Governing Body Introduction Case No. 1826 (Philippines) 128. When it last examined this case in March 2003, which concerns lengthy delays and several postponements of a trade union certification election (first requested in…

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