Employment 2025

PHILIPPINES Law and Practice Contributed by: Rashel Ann C Pomoy and Paolo Miguel Consignado Villaraza & Angangco

Luzón

Philippines

Mindoro Manila

Leyte Samar

Negros Panay

Palawan

Mindanao

Contents 1. Employment Terms p.424 1.1 Employee Status p.424 1.2 Employment Contracts p.424

6. Collective Relations p.430 6.1 Unions p.430

6.2 Employee Representative Bodies p.430 6.3 Collective Bargaining Agreements p.431 7. Termination p.431 7.1 Grounds for Termination p.431 7.2 Notice Periods p.433 7.3 Dismissal for (Serious) Cause p.434 7.4 Termination Agreements p.434 7.5 Protected Categories of Employee p.435 8. Disputes p.436 8.1 Wrongful Dismissal p.436 8.2 Anti-Discrimination p.437 8.3 Digitalisation p.438 9. Dispute Resolution p.439 9.1 Litigation p.439 9.2 Alternative Dispute Resolution p.439 9.3 Costs p.440

1.3 Working Hours p.424 1.4 Compensation p.425

1.5 Other Employment Terms p.426 2. Restrictive Covenants p.427 2.1 Non-Competes p.427

2.2 Non-Solicits p.427 3. Data Privacy p.427 3.1 Data Privacy Law and Employment p.427 4. Foreign Workers p.428 4.1 Limitations on Foreign Workers p.428 4.2 Registration Requirements for Foreign Workers p.428

5. New Work p.429 5.1 Mobile Work p.429 5.2 Sabbaticals p.429 5.3 Other New Manifestations p.429

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