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Rights of the Employee vs. Rights of the Employer

21 May

Rights of the Employee vs. Rights of the Employer

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The post below is based on the book Guide to Valid Dismissal of Employees (page 12)

Valid Dismissal of Employees by Atty Elvin B. VillanuevaRights of the employer and the employee: Is it a zero-sum situation?

Dismissal is valid when the employer has the just cause or authorized cause for termination.

Dismissal may be valid if the employee dismissed committed, for instance theft, falsification, insubordination, etc. Likewise, termination may be effected because the employee’s position is redundant or the company has losses and it needs to retrench employees.

It is duly recognized that the employer has rights to pursue everything in its power to run its business profitably. It has to earn as well to keep on doing business.

Such pursuit may constitute business decisions that could involve exercise of management prerogative such as transfer of employees and even removal or termination. That is where the conflict with the rights of employee begins.

As mentioned earlier, the employee has his own rights, which the law vigorously protects. His right against illegal dismissal is anchored on his security of tenure. Hence, the right of employee serves as a limitation on the management prerogative of the employer to dismiss an employee.

However, the law provides important guidelines, rules and mechanics on how should employers go about the enforcement of its disciplinary measures.

The sources of the authority on valid dismissal are the Labor Code, Supreme Court decisions (jurisprudence), pertinent labor laws and implementing rules and regulaThe Labor Code of the Philippines by Atty. Elvin B. Villanuevations of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

In the next post, the rights of the employer, known as the management prerogative will be discussed.

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