PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED A DECREE INSTITUTING A LABOR CODE THEREBY REVISING AND CONSOLIDATING LABOR AND SOCIAL LAWS TO AFFORD PROTECTION TO LABOR, PROMOTE EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND INSURE INDUSTRIAL PEACE BASED ON SOCIAL JUSTICE PRELIMINARY TITLE Chapter I GENERAL PROVISIONS Art. 1. Name of Decree. This Decree shall be known continue reading : Preliminary Title
Book VII – Transitory and Final Provisions
BOOK SEVEN TRANSITORY AND FINAL PROVISIONS Title I PENAL PROVISIONS AND LIABILITIES Art. 288. Penalties. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, or unless the acts complained of hinge on a question of interpretation or implementation of ambiguous provisions of an existing collective bargaining agreement, any violation of the provisions of this Code declared to continue reading : Book VII – Transitory and Final Provisions
Book VI – Post Employment
BOOK SIX POST EMPLOYMENT Title I TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT Art. 278. Coverage. The provisions of this Title shall apply to all establishments or undertakings, whether for profit or not. Art. 279. Security of tenure. In cases of regular employment, the employer shall not terminate the services of an employee except for a just cause or continue reading : Book VI – Post Employment
Book V – Labor Relations
BOOK FIVE LABOR RELATIONS Title I POLICY AND DEFINITIONS Chapter I POLICY Art. 211. Declaration of Policy. It is the policy of the State: To promote and emphasize the primacy of free collective bargaining and negotiations, including voluntary arbitration, mediation and conciliation, as modes of settling labor or industrial disputes; To promote free continue reading : Book V – Labor Relations
Book IV – Health, Safety and Social Welfare Benefits
BOOK FOUR HEALTH, SAFETY AND SOCIAL WELFARE BENEFITS Title I MEDICAL, DENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY Chapter I MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES Art. 156. First-aid treatment. Every employer shall keep in his establishment such first-aid medicines and equipment as the nature and conditions of work may require, in accordance with such regulations as the Department of continue reading : Book IV – Health, Safety and Social Welfare Benefits
Book III – Conditions of Employment
BOOK THREE CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT Title I WORKING CONDITIONS AND REST PERIODS Chapter I HOURS OF WORK Art. 82. Coverage. The provisions of this Title shall apply to employees in all establishments and undertakings whether for profit or not, but not to government employees, managerial employees, field personnel, members of the family of the employer continue reading : Book III – Conditions of Employment
Book II – Human Resorces Development Program
BOOK TWO HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Title I NATIONAL MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Chapter I NATIONAL POLICIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE MACHINERY FOR THEIR IMPLEMENTATION Art. 43. Statement of objective. It is the objective of this Title to develop human resources, establish training institutions, and formulate such plans and programs as will ensure efficient allocation, development and continue reading : Book II – Human Resorces Development Program
Book I – Pre-Employment
BOOK ONE PRE-EMPLOYMENT Art. 12. Statement of objectives. It is the policy of the State: To promote and maintain a state of full employment through improved manpower training, allocation and utilization; To protect every citizen desiring to work locally or overseas by securing for him the best possible terms and conditions of employment; continue reading : Book I – Pre-Employment