The grassroots trade union acts as the representative to protect lawful rights and interests of its trade union members and Employees; participates, negotiates, signs and monitors the execution of the CLA, salary scale and table, labour norms, regulations on payment of salary and bonus, IRLs, democratic regulations in the enterprise, agency or organisation; participates in…

Pursuant to the Labor Code, Employers are banned from imposing LD on Employees who shows the violating acts that are not specified in the ILRs[1]. Accordingly, in order to impose LD on Employees, Employers must have their ILR clearly providing for Employees’ violations that will be subject to LD as well as the corresponding forms…

Labour laws do not force Employees to sign commitments with Employers such as maintenance of the corporate properties, failure to sexually harass in the workplace upon their job commencement. However, if Employers intend to apply disciplinary measures to Employees when they breach these commitments, such commitments and remedies as permitted by the law should be…

1.Can Employers impose disciplinary actions on Employees who have bad working attitudes, performance or effectiveness? Pursuant to Article 118 of the Labor Code, labour disciplines are construed as the regulations that require Employees to comply with the working time and technology, the management of business and production as specified in the ILRs. The ILRs, which…

Pursuant to Article 125 of the Labor Code, labour discipline can be applied in the following forms: (i) reprimand; (ii) extension of the salary increase period to no more than 06 months; removal from office; and (iii) dismissal. When applying these forms of labour discipline, Employers must comply with the regulations and procedures on application…