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The Labor Code of the Philippines governs employment practices and labor relations in the Philippines. It also identifies the rules and standards regarding employment such as pre-employment policies, labor conditions, wage rate, work hours, employee benefits, and termination of employees.
Advancement and protection of the rights and welfare of worker; Employment and manpower development inclusive of the promotion of industrial peace and employer-employee cooperation; Labor education; Labor standards and statistics; Organization and development of the labor market including the recruitment, training and placement of manpower
The Labor Code contains several provisions which are beneficial to labor. It prohibits termination of employment of Private employees except for just or authorized causes as prescribed in Article 282 to 284 of the Code. [5] The right to self-organization of a union is expressly recognized, as is the right of a union to insist on a closed shop.
Thus, while the Civil Code seeks to govern all aspects of private law in the Philippines, a Republic Act such as Republic Act No. 9048 would concern itself with a more limited field, as in that case, the correction of entries in the civil registry. Still, the amendment of Philippine legal codes is accomplished through the passage of Republic Acts.
The National Labor Relations Commission (Filipino: Pambansang Komisyon sa Ugnayang Paggawa, abbreviated NLRC) is a quasi-judicial agency tasked to promote and maintain industrial peace based on social justice by resolving labor and management disputes involving local and overseas workers through compulsory arbitration and alternative modes of ...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) was founded on December 8, 1933, by virtue of Act No. 4121 of the Philippine Legislature. It was renamed as the Ministry of Labor and Employment in 1978. The agency was reverted to its original name after the People Power Revolution in 1986. [4]
The purpose of the dividing line is to attribute rights to some kinds of people who work for others. This could be the right to a minimum wage, holiday pay, sick leave, fair dismissal, [2] a written statement of the contract, the right to organise in a union, and so on. The assumption is that genuinely self-employed people should be able to ...
– Pesquesa was a farm worker who used to work in the Philippine Constabulary. He led a labor union in the Hacienda Inchian in Laguna, often speaking to labor group about the rights of farm workers. Because of his actions, he became in conflict with the management of the estate. He was abducted on January 3, 1979, and was never seen again. [36 ...