The employer argued that the lumbar problem of the seafarer came from his previous employment, for which he had already claimed total and permanent disability benefits from his previous employer. Will this stand shield the employer from paying the seafarer’s total and permanent disability benefits?
Your New Engagement with Us Terminated Your Previous Employment
Did the Supreme Court sustain the computation of separation pay and backwages of this employee who was illegally dismissed then rehired by the same employer?
An Assessment Reflective of the Seafarer’s Medical Condition
The seafarer failed to observe the third-doctor referral provision in the POEA-SEC. Was her claim of total permanent disability benefit granted?
But His Dismissal from Employment Was Harsh
Can this validly-dismissed employee be awarded separation pay?
Minimum Salary Rates as a Management Prerogative
Can the employer refuse to implement its Local Policy relating to the minimum salary rates for regularized employees?
Human Barricades and Obstructions for Collective Self-Defense
In justifying their act of blocking the gates of the employer, the strikers stated that they did so only for collective self-defense because the guards of the employer used unnecessary force in dispersing them. Was this justification accepted by the Court?
But Are You a De Jure Tenant?
Can security of tenure be invoked by a person on the acts of a supposed landholder who had no right to the land subject of the tenancy?
General Return-to-Work Orders
Can an employer’s general return-to-work order be a defense against a claim of constructive dismissal?
Payment of Employment Bond
The employee in this case resigned from employment. Can the employer enforce the “employment bond” provision in her employment contract?
Perfection of Appeals and Article 128
In the exercise of the visitorial and enforcement power under Article 128 of the Labor Code of the Philippines, does the Department of Labor and Employment have authority to accept an appeal under a reduced bond?
