Labor Law Made Easy

Can an employee request a leave while they are under investigation?

Is it OK to terminate a probationary employee on the last day of their probationary period?

Can a delivery driver or helper become liable to pay for a client's damaged items?

Can a regular employee be dismissed for poor performance?

In case of pre-termination, will a project or contractual employee receive separation pay or more?

What is the proper way of dismissing a probationary employee due to poor performance?

If an employee steals from a client, who should file the complaint? The employer or the client?

Can an employee be dismissed for stealing something worth less than 100 pesos from the employer?

If a laid-off employee filed a complaint, will the client or principal also be liable?

Are layoffs the only solution for redundancy?

Does an Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Committee need all of its members to be employees?

Between DOLE and DepEd, which rules and regulations are more applicable to a private school?

Do non-regular employees receive government-mandated benefits like SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG?

Is an employer liable for work-related illness if the employee has a pre-existing condition?

I caught COVID while working for a hospital. Is my employer obligated to pay for my hospital bill?

What are the liabilities if an employee dies, gets an injury or illness outside of the workplace?

What are an employer's liabilities in case of work-related death, injury or illness of an employee?

Is the release of separation pay tied to an employee's clearance and rendering of the 30-day notice?

If an employee goes AWOL, what can happen to their payroll account? Will they have control over it?

Can you specify in a Certificate of Employment that the employee did not render their 30-day notice?

Can an employer refuse an employee's resignation if they do not provide a 30-day resignation notice?

Is having a court order necessary for investigating someone's handwriting?

If a business is a Barangay Micro-Business Enterprise (BMBE), is it affected by minimum wage law?

Can wage distortion be avoided if all of the employees are paid beyond the minimum wage?

Is it fair for an employee to potentially be paid less than a newly-hired minimum wage employee?

Is it a violation of labor law if wage distortion is left unresolved?

My salary is just a little above the minimum wage. Am I covered by the increase in minimum wage?

I won a labor case, but the company won't receive it due to an issue with the address. What do I do?

Which has more weight, company policies or DOLE policies?

If a probationary employee has already been working for 6 months, is regularization the only option?