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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.
The Civil Code governs private law in the Philippines, including obligations and contracts, succession, torts and damages, property. It was enacted in 1950. Book I of the Civil Code, which governed marriage and family law, was supplanted by the Family Code in 1987. [2] Republic Act No. 6657: Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Code
The Labor Code and other legislated labor laws are implemented primarily by government agencies, namely, Department of Labor and Employment and Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (now the country's Department of Migrant Workers). Non-government entities, such as the trade unions and employers, also play a role in the country's labor.
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The prevailing labor code allows the typical working hour to be 8 hours a day, i.e. 48 hours a week with the provision that at least a day should be allowed to the workers as weekly off. [17] The right to self-organization of a union is recognized, as is the right of a union to strike and to insist on a closed shop.
Labor Code of the Philippines; N. New Agrarian Emancipation Act; P. Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program This page was ...
The Family Courts Act of 1997 (Republic Act No. 8369) [30] The Revised Penal Code (Republic Act No. 3815) [31] The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10354) [32] The Domestic Workers Act (or Batas Kasambahay) (Republic Act No. 10361) [33] The Solo Parents' Welfare Act of 2000 (Republic Act No. 8972) [34]
Child labor in the Philippines is the employment of children in hazardous occupations below the age of fifteen (15), or without the proper conditions and requirements below the age of fifteen (15), where children are compelled to work on a regular basis to earn a living for themselves and their families, and as a result are disadvantaged educationally and socially.