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Court Personnel Liability: When Moonlighting Becomes Simple Misconduct
A sheriff's money lending business during office hours constitutes simple misconduct. Learn the rules on court personnel conduct and penalties.
Sheriffs and Moonlighting: When a Side Business Becomes Simple Misconduct
A sheriff's money-lending business during office hours constitutes simple misconduct. Learn the rules on court personnel and outside work.
Court Personnel and Homeowners' Association Duties: When Civic Service Is Not Moonlighting
Supreme Court clarifies when court employees may serve in homeowners' associations without violating conduct rules on outside employment.
Moonlighting IN THE Judiciary Upholding Integrity AND Full Time Service
When a Court Employee's Side Business Crosses the Line: Moonlighting Rules Explained
Court stenographer's side business processing land titles led to administrative liability for moonlighting. Learn the rules and limits.
Moonlighting Misconduct Supreme Court Upholds Ethical Standards FOR Judiciary Employees
The Supreme Court affirms strict ethical standards for judiciary employees, ruling on theft, dishonesty, and gross neglect of duty.
Sheriff Misconduct: When Moonlighting Becomes Malfeasance in Office — Abadiano v. Regalado
Learn how a sheriff's moonlighting for a party in a case he handled became misconduct, and the ethical rules for judicial employees.
Court Personnel and Property Transfers: When "Facilitation" Becomes Dishonesty
A court stenographer's dismissal for accepting money to process land titles shows why court personnel must avoid moonlighting in property transactions.
Moonlighting and Employee Dismissal: Defining the Boundaries of Trust and Confidence
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on when moonlighting justifies dismissal and how loss of trust and confidence must be proven.
Moonlighting and Misconduct: When a Second Job Leads to Legal Trouble in the Philippines
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on loss of trust and confidence as just cause for dismissing managerial employees who engage in misconduct.
Upholding Integrity: Disciplining Court Employees for Misconduct Outside Official Duties
The Supreme Court suspended a court stenographer for one year for moonlighting, showing judiciary staff may be disciplined for acts outside their official duties.
When Is Moonlighting Disloyalty? Understanding Employee Dismissal in the Philippines
Philippine law on employee dismissal explained through a Supreme Court case on overseas domestic helpers, just causes, and due process.