employment

Both regular and project employments find basis in Article 295 (previously Article 280) of the Labor Code, which provides: ARTICLE 295. [280] Regular and Casual Employment. -The provisions of written agreement to the contrary notwithstanding and regardless of the oral agreement of the parties, an employment shall be deemed to be regular where the employee […]

Hearing or conference is mandatory if the employee requests for it in writing or when so provided in the company policy based on the ruling of the Supreme Court (SC) in the case of Perez vs. PT&T (G.R. No. 152048, April 7, 2009). Although the law and jurisprudence have been very emphatic in mandating the […]

After serving the first notice, the employers should schedule and conduct a hearing or conference wherein the employees will be given the opportunity to: (1) explain and clarify their defenses to the charge against them; (2) present evidence in support of their defenses; and (3) rebut the evidence presented against them by the management. During […]

Marriage of employee cannot be prohibited by employer No-spouse policies may come in two types: The no-spouse employment policies and anti-nepotism employment policies. The first one bans only spouses from working in the same company while the second bans all immediate family members, including spouses, from working in the same company. There is no doubt […]