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Habitual Tardiness in the Judiciary: Standards and Penalties for Court Employees
Explaining the Supreme Court's standards on habitual tardiness for judiciary employees, the penalties imposed, and practical compliance tips.
Judicial Employee Misconduct: Court Integrity Hinges on Proper Conduct
A Supreme Court ruling on court employees accepting money outside their duties, and why proper conduct upholds judicial integrity.
DUE Process IN Dismissal Ensuring Fair Treatment FOR Employees IN Termination Cases
Illegal Dismissal: Full Back Wages Despite Subsequent Employment
Philippine Supreme Court ruling: illegally dismissed employees get full back wages, even if they found other work during the dismissal period.
Presidential Authority to Reorganize Government Agencies: Balancing Efficiency and Employee Rights
The Supreme Court explains when the President may validly reorganize executive agencies and what protections employees retain during streamlining.
Workplace Brawl Upholding Conduct Standards FOR Court Employees
Court employees who brawl in office face administrative liability, even if they later settle their differences privately.
Regular Employment Status: Necessity of Work and Security of Tenure in Philippine Labor Law
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies when workers become regular employees based on necessity of work and security of tenure under Article 280.
Prescription and Work-Related Illness: Protecting Employees' Right to Compensation
Learn how the Supreme Court protected a widow's employees' compensation claim, ruling on prescription periods and work-related heart attacks.
Regular Employment vs Fixed-Term Contracts: Security of Tenure in Philippine Labor Law
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies when fixed-term employees become regular workers entitled to security of tenure and full backwages.
Work Related Illnesses Proving Causation IN Employees Compensation Claims
Judicial Employees and Marital Fidelity: Upholding Ethical Standards in the Judiciary
Court employee found guilty of immorality for illicit relationship with married woman; explains ethical standards for judiciary staff.
Regular vs Seasonal Employment: Security of Tenure in Sugarcane Farming
Supreme Court clarifies when seasonal sugarcane workers become regular employees entitled to security of tenure and protection from illegal dismissal.
Upholding Integrity: Court Employees' Duty to Safeguard Public Funds
A clerk of court's negligence in handling a cash bond leads to liability for simple neglect of duty, reinforcing the high standards of integrity required of court personnel.
Breach of Trust in Employment: When Loss of Confidence Justifies Termination
Explaining when Philippine employers may validly dismiss employees for breach of trust, based on a Supreme Court ruling on cashiers and tellers.
Judicial Accountability: Fines for Ignorance of Summary Procedure Rules
Court employees fined P4,000 each for gross ignorance of appeal fee rules under the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure.
Bus Company's Liability: The Duty to Supervise Employees and Prevent Negligence
A bus firm must prove diligence in supervising drivers to avoid liability for their negligence. Victory Liner case explained.
Wrongful Dismissal Reinstatement and Backwages for Illegally Terminated Employees
Learn the rules on illegal dismissal, reinstatement, and backwages under Philippine labor law from a Supreme Court case.
Drunkenness on Duty: Defining Unruly Behavior and Disciplinary Authority in the Philippine Judiciary
Court employees must observe strict decorum. Habitual drunkenness is a less grave offense under Civil Service rules, with clear penalties.
Security of Tenure in the CES: Clarifying Eligibility and Reassignment Rights
The Court clarifies when a demotion amounts to constructive dismissal, the limits of CBA benefits for managerial employees, and retirement rights under the Labor Code.
Habitual Tardiness in the Workplace: Offenses and Penalties in the Philippine Judiciary
The Supreme Court defines habitual tardiness and its penalties for court employees, stressing punctuality as a duty in public service.
Punctuality and Public Trust: Upholding Ethical Standards in Government Service
The Supreme Court ruled that personal hardships do not excuse habitual tardiness in public office, reaffirming punctuality as a core duty of government employees.
Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies in Civil Service Reassignment Cases: Corsiga v. Defensor
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on why civil service employees must exhaust administrative remedies before filing court cases over reassignment orders.
The Right to Appeal in Administrative Cases: Safeguarding Integrity in Public Service
Philippine National Bank v. Garcia clarifies that the government may appeal decisions exonerating employees from administrative charges.
Reinstatement vs Separation Pay: Employer Obligations in Temporary Shutdowns
When a temporary shutdown is valid, can employees still claim separation pay? The Supreme Court clarifies the limits.