Art. 281. Probationary employment. Probationary employment shall not exceed six (6) months from the date the employee started working, unless it is covered by an apprenticeship agreement stipulating a longer period.
Tag: just cause
Suspension of Business Operations: Floating Status, Temporary Lay-Off
The employer is allowed to temporarily suspend work due to bona fide suspension of business operations or undertaking for a period not exceeding six (6) months. This is provided for the Labor Code, as follows:
Things to Think About Before Filing with NLRC
When an employee is terminated, they often go through the stage of disbelief, and automatically assume that the dismissal was illegal. While not all cases of dismissal are illegal, there is a chance, depending on the circumstances, that it could be.
ILLEGAL DISMISSAL? WE WON!!
A recent case of illegal dismissal was decided in favor of the complainant, the employee, after a case lasting more than ten months, by the Labor Arbiter at the Region IV branch of the NLRC, in Calamba, Laguna.
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