The Supreme Court in Bohol Wisdom School vs. Mabao, G.R. No. 252124, 23 July 2024, held that premarital sexual relations between two single persons resulting in pregnancy out of wedlock cannot be cons...
Exception to the doctrine of res judicata: Denial of due process
If the NLRC has rendered a judgment on the issue of employer-employee relationship and such judgment has become final, should the Court of Appeals in a separate case merely yield to the NLRC’s findi...
Proof of employment relationship: who has the burden?
In a complaint for illegal dismissal filed before the Labor Arbiter, who has the burden to prove the existence of an employer-employee relationship? The Supreme Court, in Gaspar vs. M.I.Y. Real Estate...
SEC E-FILING AND OTHER ISSUANCES
To promote further transparency, the SEC issued Memorandum Circular No. 1, Series of 2021, providing for the guidelines on the......
EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS: REGULAR, PROBATIONARY OR PROJECT
A regular employment is an arrangement where the employee has been engaged to perform work which is usually......
MERGERS & CONSOLIDATION
The law allows the reorganization of two or more corporations to either merge into a single corporation which shall be one of the constituent corporations, or consolidate into a single new corporation...
CAN YOU RUN A BUSINESS WITHOUT HIRING AN EMPLOYEE?
As its dictionary meaning goes, to hire is to employ, to engage, to appoint, to enlist, to sign up or to secure the services of someone. Hiring refers to the process of engaging somebody for his servi...
WALK-IN SETTLEMENT: A BETTER MODE OF EXECUTING A LABOR SETTLEMENT
The preferential use of voluntary modes in settling disputes between workers and employers for the promotion of industrial peace is well recognized in the Constitution and the labor laws. Any labor is...
EMPLOYEE OR CONSULTANT?
To hire someone as an employee or a consultant will depend on three important factors. First is control. An employee is someone you supervise from the get go, from the processing of the work all the w...
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST
A Real Estate Investment Trust or REIT is a company owning and operating income-generating real estate. In order to further promote the development of the capital market in the Philippines, the SEC is...