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Jul 23, 2024 labor-law illegal-suspension premarital-pregnancy secular-morality employee-rights magna-carta-for-women

Premarital Pregnancy and Employee Rights: Illegal Suspension in the Philippines

Supreme Court rules suspending a teacher for premarital pregnancy is illegal; secular morality governs employment discipline in the Philippines.

Jul 15, 2020 illegal dismissal abandonment of employment labor standards wage disputes backwages labor code

Illegal Dismissal and Wage Claims: Lessons from Lusabia v. Super K Drug Corporation

A Supreme Court ruling clarifies abandonment of employment, the employer's burden of proof in wage disputes, and remedies for illegally dismissed workers.

Aug 13, 2014 labor-law illegal dismissal prescription backwages money claims labor code

Prescription Periods in Illegal Dismissal Cases: Clarifying the Statute of Limitations

The Supreme Court clarifies that illegal dismissal claims prescribe in four years, not three, distinguishing backwages from ordinary money claims.