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The Labor Code of the Philippines is the legal code governing employment practices and labor relations in the Philippines. It was enacted in 1974 and amended several times, and it sets the rules for wages, hours, benefits, unions, and collective bargaining.
The web page covers the labor laws, labor force, employment, unemployment, underemployment, labor issues, and labor productivity in the Philippines. It does not mention the query about the hiring of Filipino workers by foreign employers.
Endo is a short-term employment practice in the Philippines that involves terminating workers before they become regularized. Learn about its history, types, effects, and government response from this Wikipedia article.
The DOLE is a Philippine government agency that formulates policies and implements programs and services in the field of labor and employment. It was founded in 1933 and has various bureaus, attached agencies, and seals under its jurisdiction.
The NLRC is a quasi-judicial agency in the Philippines that resolves labor and management disputes through arbitration and alternative modes. It was created in 1974 and has five divisions in different regions, with rules of procedure and case backlogs.
SSS is a state-run, social insurance program in the Philippines for workers in the private, professional and informal sectors. It provides benefits for death, funeral, maternity, disability, retirement, sickness, unemployment and loans.
The provisions on unemployment benefits were dropped when the legislation was amended in 1957 to prioritize retirement, sickness, disability and death benefits. [4] Under the 2018 legislation, the benefits are dispensed through a one-time payment to equal to 50 percent of the claimant's monthly salary for a maximum of two months.
Social Security System (Philippines), for private employees and the self-employed (includes those de facto working for the government but not de jure - not having a [direct] "employer-employee relationship" such as through "Contract of Service (CoS)" and "Job Order (JO)" types of engagement)