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Business Law and Labor Law Updates
Attitude Problem: A Ground for Dismissal from Employment
A good working relationship between co-employees is a must in all establishments. It grants calm working environment, increases teamwork efforts and productivity amongst employees. In relation to this, what if one employee causes strain to the working environment due to his or her attitude problem? Can the employer terminate his or her employee on the ground of his or her adverse personality? The answers to these questions are answered by the cases discussed below.
My work is worth the WEIGHT: A Brief Discussion on Employer’s Standards
As early as 2008, the Supreme Court has decided that failure to observe the weight standards of the employer, if it is reasonably important to the employee’s position and business of the employer, is a just cause for dismissal from employment.
Theft inside the Company Premises: Remedies of the Employer
Theft is a crime punishable by our laws in the Philippines. Specifically, Article 308 Revised Penal Code substantially provides that any person who shall take or steal with intent to gain the personal property of another without his or her consent and with no further use of violence, intimidation of persons or force upon things, shall be liable for the crime theft.
Stealing Co-Employee’s Personal Belongings: A Just Cause for Dismissal
It has been settled by numerous decisions by the Supreme Court that, theft involving company properties or stealing the properties of the company is considered as a form of serious misconduct under Article 297 (a) of the Labor Code of the Philippines
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