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FCB Law Office Paralegal Officer since 2019

Magna Carta of Women Leave: Rules and Eligibility

What is Magna Carta of Women (RA 9710) Magna Carta of Women provides equal opportunity for women to eliminate gender-based discrimination, as well as providing 2 months of full pay for gynecological surgery providing an employee has served 6 months in the last 12 months. For this article, I’ll focus mainly on Magna Carta for …

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Paternity Leave Philippines: How Working Dads get Paid Leave

Paternity Leave Philippines: Full Guide to Paid Leave for Dads and intro for HR Practitioners What is the Philippine Paternity Leave Law?   Philippine Paternity Leave Law is based on RA 8187 but dads can also avail of paid leave through the Solo Parent Act and RA 11210 or the Expanded Maternity Leave Act.   …

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Service Incentive Leave: 5 Days Paid Leave for Workers

Service Incentive Leave Service Incentive Leave is 5 paid days given every year to employees who have served at least one year.   This is a mandatory employer benefit and we made this easy-to-understand guide for both employees and HRs so that you could answer your own questions – before consulting with one of our …

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Maternity Leave Philippines: SERIOUSLY everything you need to know

Maternity Leave Philippines: Law, Calculation, and FAQs   Maternity Leave in the Philippines is a legislated benefit to allow mothers to attend to their new child and themselves with paid leave. I’ll discuss Maternity Leave Requirements, how long it is, how to avail of it, who is entitled to it as well as the 2 …

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PSA Certificate of No Record: Why it happens and What to do?

  PSA Certificate of No Record: Why it happens and what to Do A PSA Certificate of No Record appears when the birth, marriage or death certificate is not in the PSA database. There may be a negative certification from PSA when the document is too old, too new or was never registered. You might …

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Legalization: Authentication of documents for Non-Apostille Countries

Legalization: Authentication of documents for Non-Apostille Countries     Legalization of documents – instead of Apostille – is what you do if the country you will use the document in: is part of the list of non-Apostille countries has raised an objection to the Philippines In both these situations, you will be going through the …

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Retrenchment Philippines (What Retrenchment is, the Applicable Due Process and Separation Pay Calculation)

Retrenchment Philippines Retrenchment Philippines is when employees are separated from work to prevent company bankruptcy or losses. Retrenchment is often used as the reason for Termination in the Philippines. However, Retrenchment must follow certain rules so that it is valid [Art 283 Philippine Labor Code]: When Termination under Retrenchment is valid which includes showing proof …

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Redundancy Philippines (2022 Requirements, Due Process and Penalty)

Redundancy Philippines Redundancy Philippines is when an employee’s services are superfluous – in other words, there are more employees than needed. Termination for Redundancy has 4 Requirements: Good Faith Fair and Reasonable Criteria Written notice served to the employee and to DOLE Redundancy Pay Philippines or Separation Pay must be paid I’ll go through each …

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