Directing Employee to Resign than to Face Termination
An employee may have committed serious offense within the company thus, the employer decides to save the employee from incurring bad record and asks the employee to resign instead of being terminated. As a rule, resignation should be voluntary pursuant to paragraph a, Article 300 of the Labor Code, as amended. However, there are instances when different circumstances arise surrounding resignation. These are the resignation due to severe abuses, inhumane treatment, etc. as set forth in paragraph b of Article 300. [...]