An employment shall be deemed to be casual if the employee has not been engaged to perform activities which are usually necessary or desirable in the usual business or trade of the employer, regular, project, or seasonal employee. It is one of the exceptions to the rule on regular employment under Article 295 which states […]

Among the accepted criteria in implementing a redundancy are: (a) less preferred status, e.g., temporary employee; (b) efficiency; and (c) seniority The establishment and implementation of criteria are important feature of redundancy to give respect to the employee’s constitutionally enshrined security of tenure. In one case, the Supreme Court has refused to give credence to […]

Modern business world is a slave to new technology. It is a fact that most business processes cannot be done without the aid of robots and computer. As the number of non-human labor forces rises, the demand for human labor diminishes. In a case, the company brought in its plant high- speed machines to be […]

Procedural due process is also required for termination of employees with limited security of tenure. While security of tenure is not exclusive to regular employees, the other forms of employment are accorded limited scope. Project employees, generally, cannot be dismissed, prior to the completion of the project or a phase thereof. Fixed- term employee cannot […]