Please watch this webinar from Villaraza & Angangco.

Please view this webinar from Villaraza & Angangco.

The webinar entitled Introduction to Philippine Labour and Employment Law aims to educate audience from all over the world on the the basic labour and employment laws that exist in the Philippines.

The Philippine Labor Code only recognizes two modes of involuntary separating an employee from employment, namely: through just causes and authorized causes.

As background checks and digital due diligence become standard practice, employers are increasingly aware of their workers' conduct beyond the workplace.

The 2025 NLRC Rules of Procedure (“2025 Rules”), which became effective 13 January 2026, replaced the 2011 NLRC Rules of Procedure, as amended (“2011 Rules”), after nearly fifteen years of application. Although the 2025 issuance has been described as a major procedural overhaul, a closer comparison shows that the reform is largely a recalibration rather than a wholesale restructuring.

The collection and processing of personal information, including employee data, is governed by the Data Privacy Act of 2012. Data privacy regulations are implemented by the National Privacy Commission (NPC).

Technological advances have allowed companies to undertake cross-border operations and engage individuals around the world without the need for relocation.

Under Philippine law, employment relationships are contractual in nature but imbued with public interest such that labour contracts must yield to the common good.

Throughout the decades, the Philippines has been consistent in its efforts to close the gender gap in the workplace and to open up more opportunities for women.

With more and more businesses seeing value in engaging skilled Filipino contractors to perform specific services, the persistent challenge that confronts them is misclassification of their contractors as their employees.

The Philippines faces a two-pronged conundrum on both environmental and industrial fronts. According to the International Labor Organization, the country is one of the most vulnerable to climate risks...

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a shift in paradigm in how work is done in the Philippines. Whereas before long hours of stay in the office was the norm, the imposition of the Enhanced Community Quarantine ("ECQ")...

The Philippine Intellectual Property Office ("IPOPHL") recently issued IPOPHL Memorandum Circular No. 2025-009, or the Rules and Regulations for the Declaration...

With rapid advances in technology and increasingly blurred borders, business organisations and individuals have adopted novel initiatives to better cater to and meet their demands.

Under the Philippine Labor Code, Republic Act (RA) No. 11058 (the Occupational Safety and Health Law) (the OSH Law) and its implementing rules and regulations (IRR), employers are mandated to...

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...

In light of ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and the resulting volatility in global energy markets, the Philippine President issued Memorandum Circular No. 114, directing national government agencies, including government-owned or controlled corporations, to adopt energy conservation measures.

On the evening of 16 March 2020, the President of the Philippines declared that an enhanced community quarantine ("ECQ") was to be imposed on the island of Luzon.

Under the Department of Labor and Employment ("DOLE") Labor Advisory No. 6, series of 2020 or the Guidelines on the Payment of Final Pay and Issuance of Certificate of Employment...