Discontinuing Employment In Philippines

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Discontinuing employment

i Dismissal

An employee may only be dismissed if there is a just or authorised cause for the dismissal. This policy is anchored on the principle of the security of tenure of employees, which is not only statutorily provided but is constitutionally enshrined.

Under the Labour Code, the just causes for termination are:

1. serious misconduct or wilful disobedience;
2. gross and habitual neglect of duties;
3. fraud or wilful breach of trust;
4. loss of confidence;
5. commission of a crime or offence by the employee against his or her employer, the employer's immediate family or his or her duly authorised representatives; and
6. other causes analogous to the foregoing.