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Security of Tenure vs Management Prerogative: Constructive Dismissal of Security Guards
When is a security guard on floating status constructively dismissed? The Supreme Court clarifies the six-month rule and the burden of proof.
Constructive Dismissal, Demotion, and Anti-Union Acts as Illegal Termination
When demotion and anti-union harassment amount to constructive dismissal, and how corporate mergers affect liability.
Constructive Dismissal: When Work Conditions Become Unbearable Under Philippine Law
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies constructive dismissal standards and service incentive leave pay prescription in Rodriguez v. Park N Ride.
Upholding Management Prerogative Employee Transfers AND Constructive Dismissal IN THE Philippines
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies when employee transfers and probationary dismissals violate security of tenure and due process.
Voluntary Resignation vs Constructive Dismissal: What Employees Must Prove
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies the burden of proof in constructive dismissal claims involving voluntary resignation and retirement.
Constructive Dismissal: When Cutting Work Hours Violates Employee Rights
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on when reducing work hours becomes constructive dismissal, and what employers must prove to justify it.
Indefinite Preventive Suspension Is Constructive Dismissal: Agcolicol v. Casiño
When an employer suspends a worker indefinitely beyond 30 days, the suspension ripens into constructive dismissal, entitling the employee to backwages and separation pay.
Indefinite Preventive Suspension Is Constructive Dismissal: Employee Rights in the Philippines
The Supreme Court rules that an indefinite preventive suspension beyond 30 days amounts to constructive dismissal, entitling the employee to backwages and separation pay.
Demotion Disguised: Constructive Dismissal and Employee Rights in the Philippines
When a transfer is a demotion in disguise, it amounts to constructive dismissal. Learn the rules from a Supreme Court ruling.
Demotion by Assignment: Protecting Employees from Constructive Dismissal
When does a transfer become constructive dismissal? The Supreme Court explains how demotion in rank, even without pay cut, violates security of tenure.
Constructive Dismissal vs Abandonment: Security of Tenure in Philippine Labor Law
A Supreme Court ruling clarifies the line between constructive dismissal and abandonment, protecting security of tenure for security guards in the Philippines.
No Illegal Dismissal, No Separation Pay: Reassessing Employee Entitlements in Philippine Labor Law
The Supreme Court clarifies when a security guard's floating status becomes constructive dismissal and how quitclaims affect employee claims.
Upholding Ethical Standards: University's Right to Transfer Faculty for Breaches of Professional Ethics
When can a university transfer a professor for ethical lapses? The Supreme Court clarifies management prerogative versus constructive dismissal.
When a Transfer Is Not Constructive Dismissal: The Manalo Case
Learn when a faculty transfer is valid management prerogative and not constructive dismissal, from the Supreme Court's Manalo ruling.
Floating Status of Security Guards: When Return-to-Work Orders Defeat Claims of Constructive Dismissal
The Supreme Court clarifies when specific return-to-work orders prevent a finding of constructive dismissal for security guards on floating status.
Resignation vs. Constructive Dismissal: When Leaving a Job Is Not Forced
The Supreme Court clarifies when a resignation is voluntary and not constructive dismissal, and which money claims belong in labor courts.
Constructive Dismissal When a Transfer and Floating Status Become Illegal Termination
When do a transfer and floating status cross the line into constructive dismissal? The Supreme Court explains in ICT Marketing v. Sales.
Constructive Dismissal Claims: When Resignation Is Voluntary and Not Forced
The Supreme Court clarifies when a resignation is voluntary rather than constructive dismissal, and which money claims belong in labor courts.
Voluntary Resignation vs Constructive Dismissal: When an Employer's "Graceful Exit" Offer Is Legal
The Supreme Court clarifies when an employer's offer to resign instead of facing investigation is valid, not constructive dismissal.
Constructive Dismissal: When a Security Guard's Prolonged Floating Status Becomes Illegal Dismissal
The Supreme Court clarifies when a security guard's floating status beyond six months amounts to constructive dismissal, entitling the guard to separation pay and back wages.
Security Guards Duty to Accept Assignments vs Constructive Dismissal
When does a security guard's floating status become constructive dismissal? The Supreme Court clarifies the rule in Exocet v. Serrano.
Unbearable Conditions Defining Constructive Dismissal in the Workplace
When employer hostility becomes unbearable, an employee may be constructively dismissed. The Supreme Court explains the test and remedies.
Voluntary Resignation vs Constructive Dismissal: Know Your Rights as an Employee
Understand the difference between voluntary resignation and constructive dismissal, and how Philippine law protects employee rights in termination cases.
Voluntary Resignation vs Constructive Dismissal: Balancing Employee Rights and Employer Prerogatives
The Supreme Court clarifies when a resignation is truly voluntary and when employer prerogative justifies dismissal under Philippine labor law.