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Sagun v. ANZ Global Services and Operations (Manila), Inc. (2016)
Sagun v. ANZ Global Services and Operations (Manila), Inc., G.R. No. 220399, August 22, 2016, Perlas-Bernabe, J.: 1. Background • [The employee] was employed at Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Electronic Data Processing (Philippines), Inc. (HSBC-EDPI) when he applied online for the position of Payments and Cash Processing Lead at respondent ANZ Global Services and…

Simplified the Masterclass Space
Greetings! We are thankful for the feedback — re reading materials, assignment and activities, quizzes and practice tests, and so on. In response thereto, we have simplified the Masterclass Space. Moving forward, the section on Weekly Lessons, will likewise include the reading materials, assignments and activities, and quizzes and practice tests. They can be found…

Universal Robina Sugar Milling v. Acibo (2019)
Universal Robina Sugar Milling Corporation v. Acibo, G.R. No. 186439, 15 January 2019, Brion, J.: 1. Background • The [Company] maintain[s] that [the Complainants] are contractual or project/seasonal workers and not regular employees of [the Company]. They thus argue that the [Court of Appeals] erred in applying the legal parameters and guidelines for regular employment…

Minors
Minors – refer to individuals who are below legal age. 1. Concepts “Child” or “Children” refers to person below eighteen (18) years of age or those over but are unable to fully take care of themselves or protect themselves from abuse, neglect, cruelty, exploitation or discrimination because of a physical or mental disability or condition….

Job Contracting and Subcontracting
Summary ▪ Job contracting is an arrangement whereby a principal outsources a job, work, or service to the contractor who performs these through its deployed personnel, otherwise known as the contractor’s workers. ▪ While DOLE Regulations have referred to the arrangement as legitimate job contracting and now permissible job contracting, they refer to the same…

FAQ: Overtime Pay
Answers to frequently asked questions on overtime pay in the Philippines. 1. In General What is overtime pay? Overtime pay – refers to an additional pay consisting of 25% added to hourly rate for work hours that covers overtime work. (Article 87, P.D. 442, Labor Code) What is overtime work? Overtime work – refers to…