Industrial Relations

An employee may have been dismissed for just causes but his dismissal may still be illegal because of violation of his rights to due process. In such as a case, what is he entitled to? This is answered in this case of Tino.

Is an employee who voluntarily resigns from employment entitled to separation pay? This is the question answered in this case of Ruel. Ruel was originally employed in June 1963 as a machine operator by RMC, a company engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling PVC pipes owned and managed by Leon Yee. Over a…

In response to the mounting complaints of security guards against their employers for violating labor laws, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) launched “Oplan Sikyu.”

In response to the mounting complaints of security guards against their employers for violating labor laws, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) launched “Oplan Sikyu.”

CEBU, Philippines – The Visayan Electric Company Employees’ Union-ALU-TUCP yesterday held an indignation rally at the vicinity of the National Labor Relations Commission Seventh Division to dramatize the union members’ disappointment over an impending dismissal of their motion for reconsideration.

CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga, Philippines – The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has junked its contract with the Korean Hanjin ship building firm in Subic that bars former shipyard workers from seeking jobs abroad.

CEBU, Philippines – For five consecutive years, the National Labor Relations Commission-Visayas is recognized as the best performing division among eight other divisions nationwide. NLRC-Visayas presiding commissioner Violeta Bantug said they will be again recognized during the Mid-year performance assessment ceremony in Manila on the first week of August with NLRC Chairman Gerardo Nograles to…

The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) and other members of the business community aired fears yesterday over the agitation for new wage increases, saying these could jeopardize the survival of the companies and their workers.

A “philosopher” once said, “Most people are really good. It’s just their behavior that is in question.” This is like saying most people are good; it’s just that they sometimes kill others with a gun.

The National Conciliation and Mediation Board in Region 7 is exhausting all efforts to prevent a recurrence of the bloody strike in 2007 and 2008, at the port of Dumaguete City.

THE Employers Confederation of the Philippines is bucking a Senate bill aimed at reclassifying employment arrangements. Senate Bill 858 proposes to change the existing classification of employment into two broad categories: from regular employment and non-regular, to work arrangements based on contracts for indefinite period and contracts for definite period.

Hundreds of Filipino teachers protested in front of the United States Department of Labor (DOL) in Washington DC after the agency banned Maryland’s Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) from hiring foreign teachers. The US DOL reaffirmed its decision that the PGCPS willfully violation H-1B visa rules by requiring around 800 Filipino teachers to pay…

Dear PAO, I am a teacher in a private school for about 2 years. I would like to ask how many sick leave days an employee is entitled to. The school said that we are only entitled to a service incentive leave. Ms. Mars

1. Dear PAO, I have been working with a private company for almost 18 years as a sales representative. Every time I ask about separation pay, they always tell me that it is company’s discretion to give or not to give separation pay. Do I have the right to ask for separation pay? Thanks. Chad

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On the heels of a human resources summit of HR professionals in Asia, I wrote in this space last week about my observations about the industrial relations situation in Singapore, venue of the summit. I talked about how enviable the situation in Singapore was —how the Singaporeans have a massive surplus of jobs, how even…

The Bureau of Internal Revenue is making it easier for employees who lost their jobs for reasons beyond their control—such as death, sickness or physical disability—to not pay any tax on separation packages.

LAGAWE, Ifugao, June 24(PIA)- – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here reactivated the Provincial Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (PTIPC) to serve as a forum for tripartite advisory and consultation among labor, employers, and government sectors in the formulation and implementation of labor and social policies.

MANILA, Philippines – Corporate information appears to be on the target list of a growing number of cybercriminals, who have capitalized on a variety of social engineering techniques to target the weakest link in any type of information security structure — the employees.

MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed a petition of a group of commercial pilots to reinstate the pilots of Philippine Airlines (PAL), who claimed they were illegally dismissed in 1998.

CEBU, Philippines – Labor relations within Philippine Airlines promises to become stormy yet again as its employees’ union, Philippine Airlines Employees’ Association (PALEA), oppose the national flag carrier’s plan to employ contractual workers on June 16.

Dear PAO, Good day! I just want to be enlightened about the single parent issue. Are there provisions regarding this subject? Does the Civil Service Commission prohibit employment and continuance in service of single pregnant women? Currently, I am employed in the government sector and my fear is that they will terminate me on the…

The Court of Appeals (CA) has upheld the decision of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) dismissing the complaint for unfair labor practice filed by the Flight Attendants and Stewards Association of the Philippines (Fasap) against Philippine Airlines Inc.

CEBU, Philippines – Majority of the employees of an already closed locator of Mactan Cebu Export Processing Zone voted yes to a union during a certification election held the other day at the Department of Labor and Employment.

FEWER CASES of unfair labor practices were filed in the first four months of the year, leading to a drop in the number of strike notices in the said period, the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) said in a report.

CEBU, Philippines – A protest rally was held inside the Mactan Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) yesterday morning by around 50 union members of Blaze Manufacturing Corporation Employees Union (BMCEU) and Agency Workers Union of Blaze.

Dear PAO, I know that an employee is entitled to his regular pay on a regular holiday, like Labor Day, even if he does not work on that day. But when I received my salary last May 15, I discovered that I did not receive my salary for May 1. What action can I do…

We have an annual 15% turnover rate. To support our recruitment program these past five years, we have been doing an apprentice system designed to create a large pool of temporary workers that can be deployed anytime as soon as there are job vacancies. Unfortunately, we have limited success in moulding our apprentices to become…

Dear PAO, I AM an employee holding a key position with a trading company. I have committed an error in which the company claimed that might have led to losses to the company. I was told to provide a written explanation and to which I did. Upon meeting with the representative, is it better to…

MANILA, Philippines – The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) conducted a random inspection of different bus garages in Metro Manila on Friday to assess the working condition of drivers and other employees.