Garden leave is the practice of the employer directing an employee not to attend work during the period of notice of resignation or termination of the […]
Fixed-term employment is valid under both the Civil Code and the Labor Code. Brent recognized that the Civil Code and the Labor Code allow the execution […]
Resignation is defined as a formal pronouncement or relinquishment of an office, with the intention of relinquishing the office accompanied by the act of relinquishment. As […]
Retirement is the result of a bilateral act of the parties, a voluntary agreement between the employer and the employee whereby the latter, after reaching a […]
Prescription period for filing seafarer’s claims arising from contract is within three (3) years from the date the cause of action arises. It is well-settled that […]
Third doctor referral as provided in Section 20(A)(3) of the POEA-SEC is mandatory in case there are disagreements made by the company-designated physician and the seafarer’s […]
Unexpired portion of the OFW contract should be granted if he is illegally dismissed. The phrase “or for three months for every year of the unexpired […]
Seafarer shall submit himself to a post-employment medical examination by a company-designated physician within three working days upon his return. If a doctor appointed by the […]
