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Jul 23, 2018labor-lawcompulsory-retirementillegal-dismissalretirement-agesecurity-of-tenuremanagement-prerogative
Compulsory Retirement Requires Employee Consent: Manila Hotel v. De Leon
A hotel's compulsory retirement of a 57-year-old manager without her consent was illegal dismissal. Learn the rules on early retirement.
Feb 3, 1997filipino first policyconstitutional lawnational patrimonymanila hotelprivatizationphilippine constitution
Filipino First Policy in Business Deals: Manila Prince Hotel v. GSIS
A landmark ruling on the Filipino First Policy: why the Constitution protects national patrimony like the Manila Hotel from foreign takeover.