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Email as Employment Contract
Employment contracts are consensual in nature. If all of the three essential requisites to a contract are present in an email, then an employment contract may be be formed. 1. Employment contracts are consensual under PH Labor Law Unknown to many, PH Labor Law classifies employment contracts as consensual, as opposed to formal or written…
Retraction Letter
Summary ▪ A retraction letter is a formal written notice from the employer informing a job candidate of the withdrawal of the employment offer. 1. Concept A retraction letter is a formal written notice from the employer informing a job candidate who have been signed for employment that the latter is being withdrawn. a. Validity…
Certificate of Employment
Employers are obligated to issue a Certificate of Employment (COE) is required to be issued by an employer upon request by an employee or an ex-employee. 1. Concept A certificate of employment (COE) is a document certifying a current or former employee’s employment with an employer, including the start and end date, as well as…
Echo 2000 Commercial Corporation v. Obrero Filipino-Echo 2000 Chapter-CLO (2016)
Echo 2000 Commercial Corporation v. Obrero Filipino-Echo 2000 Chapter-CLO, G.R. No. 214092, January 11, 2016, Reyes, J.: 1. Background • Echo is a provider of warehousing management and delivery services. • King 8 Commercial Corporation (King 8), Echo’s predecessor, initially employed Cortes on September 17, 2002, and Somido, on October 12, 2004. Echo thereafter absorbed…
Poseidon Fishing v. NLRC, Estoquia (2006)
Poseidon Fishing/Terry De Jesus v. NLRC, Estoquia, G.R. No. 168052, February 20, 2006, Chico-Nazario, J.: 1. Background • [The Company] … assert[ed] that deep-sea fishing is a seasonal industry because catching of fish could only be undertaken for a limited duration or seasonal within a given year. Thus, according to [the Company], [the Complainant]was a…
