So, you may have been writing a case digest for, say Criminal Law, when after writing a few sentences you review what you wrote and came across a line similar to this: “The fiscal then submitted three informations against the three accused.” If you are using Microsoft Word, […]
Daily Archives: April 15, 2012
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Compulsory retirement takes place at age 65, while optional retirement is primarily determined by the CBA or other employment contract or employer’s retirement plan. In the absence of any provision on optional retirement in a CBA, other employment contract, or employer’s retirement plan, an employee may optionally retire upon […]
NO. Article 22 of the Labor Code provides that it shall be mandatory for all Filipino workers abroad to remit a portion of their foreign exchange earnings to their families, dependents, and/or beneficiaries in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor and Employment. Executive Order No. 857 prescribes the percentage of foreign exchange remittance from 50% to […]
Social security laws are those labor statutes that provide protection not only to a worker but also to members of his family in case of loss of income or when there is need for medical care brought about by contingencies like sickness, disability, death, and old age. Examples of social […]
Labor legislation is an exercise of police power. The purpose of labor legislation is to regulate the relations between employers and employees respecting the terms and conditions of employment, either by providing for certain standards or for a legal framework within which better terms and conditions of work could be negotiated through collective bargaining. It […]
The salient features of the Protection to Labor provision of the Constitution (Article XIII. Section 3) are as follows: 1. Extent of Protection – Full protection to labor; 2. Coverage of Protection – Local and overseas, organized and unorganized; 3. Employment Policy – Full employment and equality of employment opportunities for […]