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How to Compute Daily Pay Equivalent for Above-Minimum Monthly Paid Employee

Monthly-paid employees are those who are paid every day of the month, including unworked rest days, special days, and regular holidays. Factor 365 days in a year is used in determining the equivalent monthly salary of monthly-paid employees. (No. 1, D, DOLE Handbook on Worker’s Statutory Monetary Benefits, 2019 Edition) Daily-paid employees are those who are paid on the days they actually worked and on unworked regular holidays. (Ibid.) Acquire Mastery of HR/Labor Rules, Doctrines and Principles with Atty. Villanueva’s HR [...]

Sample Code of Conduct Provisions on Absences, Tardiness and Use of ID in Filipino / Tagalog

Code of Conduct pertains to principles, values, standards, or rules of behavior that guide the decisions, procedures and systems of an organization in a way that (a) contributes to the welfare of its key stakeholders, and (b) respects the rights of all constituents affected by its operations. (See page 7, How to Design and Formulate Company Code of Discipline by Atty. Elvin B. Villanueva) Discipline, according to Merriam-Webster dictionary, means control that is gained by requiring that rules or orders [...]

Telecommuting Act and its Implementing Rules and Regulations / IRR PDF

The Telecommuting Act or R.A. 11165 was enacted last December 20, 2018. It is declared as a policy of the State to affirm labor as a primary social economic force. Telecommuting refers to a work arrangement that allows an employee in the private sector to work from an alternative workplace with the use of telecommunication and/or computer technologies. Craft and Formulate Your HR Forms, Notices and Contracts with Ease Using Atty. Villanueva’s HR Forms 1 Templates (150+ Samples in Editable Word) Related: [...]

Resignation Notice: Legal Issues Surrounding the Shortening of the 30-day Advance Notice; With Sample Liquidated Damage Clause

Resignation is the voluntary act of an employee who finds herself in a situation where she believes that personal reasons cannot be sacrificed in favor of the exigency of the service and that she has no other choice but to disassociate herself from employment. The resignation must be unconditional and with a clear intention to relinquish the position. Consequently, the circumstances surrounding the alleged resignation must be consistent with the employee’s intent to give up the employment. In this [...]

Computing the Overtime Pay of a Monthly Paid Employee receiving Above-Minimum Salary

Previously, we posted an article on how to compute the overtime pay of employees who are minimum wage earners using the daily wage rate in NCR per Wage Order No. NCR-22 or PhP537.00 per day. However, there are employees who are entitled to overtime pay for work beyond eight (8) hours but are monthly paid. In practice, monthly paid employees can be rank-and-file, supervisory, or managerial in level. It is settled that supervisory and managerial employees, as a general rule, are [...]

How to Compute Overtime Pay with Illustrations Using NCR Daily Minimum Wage

Overtime work is performed beyond eight hours of work. This should be compensable at a rate provided by law. See illustration using the latest NCR PhP570.00 daily minimum here. Under Article 83 of the Labor Code work may be performed beyond eight (8) hours a day provided that the employee is paid for the overtime work, an additional compensation equivalent to his regular wage plus at least twenty-five percent (25%) thereof. (See pp. 33-34 of re-numbered and updated Labor Code [...]

Sample Notices to Explain for Falsification of Attendance Record (in Filipino/Tagalog) with and without Preventive Suspension

Falsification of time cards constitutes serious misconduct and dishonesty or fraud, which are just causes for the termination of employment under Art. 282(a) and (c) of the Labor Code (now Art. 297 in a re-numbered Labor Code; Get a re-numbered copy of Labor Code 2018 here). [Felix vs. Enertech Systems Industries, Inc., G.R. No. 142007, March 28, 2001] In one case, the Supreme Court (SC) held that falsifications are crimes punished by the Revised Penal Code itself. Their commission constitutes [...]

A Supervisor who Kept Silent on Falsification of Documents Done By Subordinates May be Dismissed for Loss of Trust and Confidence

A Supervisor who did not commit falsification but allowed falsification by his subordinates to be done and kept silent about it may be dismissed for loss of trust and confidence. Loss of confidence as a just cause for termination of employment is premised from the fact that an employee concerned holds a position of trust and confidence. This situation holds where a person is entrusted with confidence on delicate matters, such as the custody, handling, or care and protection of [...]

Paypal Tie-up: Simplify Your Online Shopping Experience with LVS Rich Publishing by Paying Books through Paypal

Paypal payment is now available for online purchases in LVS Publishing website. It is safe to purchase online in LVS site. You can now buy your favorite books, templates, and other products through the payment method you deem as most convenient. To purchase, buyer should have a Paypal Account which is easy to set up online. Once registered, just choose the books you want to purchase, click “add cart” then “view cart” and choose Paypal as your payment method. You can use your [...]

Notice to Explain Sample For AWOL (in Filipino/Tagalog)

Notice to Explain or NTE with directive to report to work should be issued to an employee who fails to report for work on the first day of absence without proper notification. This is the best practice for employers who want to be vigilant and uphold the policy. Get more than 170 Disciplinary Templates from the book HR Forms, Notices and Contracts Volume 2 The advantages of immediately issuing the NTE for AWOL are: It affords the company a good defense in [...]

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