Labor Law Archives - Page 29 of 71

18 Mar

DOLE CAMP Financial Assistance to Affected Workers Due to Enhanced Community Quarantine in Luzon

DOLE CAMP or the COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program was issued to provide financial assistance to workers of private establishments affected by the lockdown in Luzon. The cash package allotted by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) amounts to a total of PhP1.3 billion for workers affected by the enhanced community quarantines in Luzon. On March 17, 2020, the DOLE issued Department Order (D.O.) No. 209, Series of 2020 or the Guidelines on the Adjustment Measures Program for Affected Workers [...]

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17 Mar

Certificate of Employment Sample Under the Enhanced Community Quarantine

Achieve Mastery of HR/Labor Doctrines and Principles with Atty. Elvin’s HR Bundle Books at Discounted Package Certificate of employment (COE) may be required of employees working for companies that provide basic necessities. Previously, all employees can get through the checkpoint areas by showing the COE. But on March 16, 2020, a Memorandum from the Executive Secretary of the Office of the President of the Philippines, Malacañang was issued declaring Enhanced Community Quarantine all over Luzon. Under Section 5 of said Memorandum, only [...]

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16 Mar

Bona Fide Suspension of Operations in Line with the Government Imposition of Enhanced Community Quarantine Due to COVID-19

Bona fide suspension of operations, whether full or partial, may be one of the options to resort to for most of the companies in response to the government order placing the entire Luzon under Enhanced Community Quarantine. Earlier, the government issued a directive to implement the “Stringent Social Distancing Measures and Further Guidelines for the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation.” The government issued Joint Resolution Nos. 11 and 12 (s. 2020) of the Inter-Agency Task Force for [...]

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14 Mar

Certificate of Employment Sample for COVID-19 Community Quarantine in Metro Manila

Certificate of employment (COE) is reportedly one of the requirements for an Metro Manila (MM)-reporting employee who is based outside of MM to enter the lockdown area from March 15, 2020 to April 14, 2020. The DOTr made the pronouncement after President Rodrigo Duterte announced the community quarantine in the national capital region to stop the spread of COVID-19. “Land, domestic air, and domestic sea travel to and from Metro Manila shall be suspended after beginning March 15, 2020 and to [...]

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11 Mar

Mental Health Workplace Policy Sample Per DO 208, Series of 2020

Mental Health Workplace Policy is one of the requirements of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Thus, the DOLE issued Department Order (D.O.) No. 208, Series of 2020 on February 11, 2020. The DOLE requires the submission of the company policy on mental health. Below is the sample policy which is partially shown here. Full version of the policy will be given free upon purchase of the Human Resource Forms 1 Soft Copy as shown in this link and photograph: MENTAL [...]

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09 Mar

Flexible Work Arrangement per Labor Advisory 9, Series of 2020 due to Corona Virus (COVID-19)

Flexible work arrangement is being suggested to employers on account of the corona virus (COVID-19) that has caused heavy impact on businesses. The business of companies and individual employers suffer due to lack of business, order, export, import, etc. Suggesting an alternative to termination of services or closure of establishment, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has issued Labor Advisory 09, Series of 2020 on March 4, 2020, regarding the flexible work arrangements among employees. Here is a sample template [...]

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07 Mar

Successive Regular Holidays Pay Rules and Computation for April 9 and 10, 2020 Holy Week

Proclamation No. 845 issued on November 15, 2019 declared April 9 and 10, 2020 as regular holidays being Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, respectively. In addition, April 9 is also Araw ng Kagitingan which is another regular holiday. On March 30, 2020, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) issued Labor Advisory 13, Series of 2020 on the pay rules for the dates April 9, 10, and 11, 2020. Here is the PDF version. However, payment of said holiday pays shall [...]

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07 Mar

13th Month Pay Computation: Explaining the Common Formulas Used with Sample Computations

Acquire Mastery of HR/Labor Doctrines, Rules, and Principles. Avail of the Discounted HR Bundle of Atty. Elvin now 13th month pay shall mean one twelfth (1/12) of the basic salary of an employee within a calendar year. (See Guide on Employee Compensation and Benefits Vol. 2, 2nd Edition, by Atty. Elvin B. Villanueva citing Section 2, Rules and Regulations Implementing Presidential Decree No. 851). This shall apply only to rank-and-file employees. A rank-and-file employee must have worked for at least one [...]

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02 Mar

Holiday Pay Computation for Double Regular Holidays (Araw ng Kagitingan April 9, 2020 and Maundy Thursday)

Holiday pay should be paid accordingly, particularly the regular holiday. The DOLE usually issues Labor Advisory providing the rules for the pay on regular holidays. For the year 2020, the basis for such issuance will be Proclamation No. 845. The Presidential Proclamation was issued on November 15, 2019 declaring April 9, 2020 as regular holiday (Araw ng Kagitingan). However, it also falls as Maundy Thursday which is another regular holiday. When Araw ng Kagitingan falls on the same day as Maundy [...]

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24 Feb

Special Day Pay / Holiday Pay Computation for February 25, 2020 Special Non-Working Day

Special day pay being a holiday should be paid accordingly, when worked. On November 15, 2019 Presidential Proclamation No. 845 (See the PDF Version of Proclamation 845 Here) declared, among others, February 25, 2020 as special non-working day being the day of commemoration of the 34th Anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution. Hence, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) issued Labor Advisory 08, Series of 2020 (View the PDF Version of Labor Advisory 08, Series of 2020 Here) on [...]

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