Law

Below are provisions of the law, Republic Act 9165, requiring entrepreneurs to promote a drug free company.
Art. 3 Sec 36
“Officers and employees of public and private offices, whether domestic or overseas, shall be subject to undergo a random drug test as contained in the company’s work rules and regulations, which shall be borne […]

Finally, my How To Lose Your Job series can be closed
On August 29, 2007, it was an honor to handle one of the break out sessions of the 1st HR Philippines National Convention and I handled the discussion on Employee Discipline. Using the same approached I employ with fellow HR practitioners, I […]

The end of this series is now on sight, a couple of more posts and we’ll be able to conclude this one. For several weeks, we have been discussing the different grounds where an employee can lose his job.
There are two approaches to end employer-employee relationship:

Employee initiated or what we know as resignation.
Employer initiated […]

This is the 5th installment of the blog series that would hopefully add value on both employers and employees. And on this issue, we’ll focus on Art. 284 or termination due to sickness.
Losing one’s job for health reasons falls under authorized causes as stated on the Philippine Labor Code:
Art. 284. Disease […]

This is the 4th installment to my blog series “How To Lose Your Job”. The intention of this series is to guide entrepreneurs how to weed their organization of the “pasaways” the proper way, and at the same time educate employees of their rights and the parameters governing security of tenure and due process […]