Republic ofthe Philippines POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES College of Law ‘COURSE SYLLABUS OUTLINE FOR LABOR LAW 1 (Labor Standards & Social Legislation (JDLL311) (Prepared by Ptr/Atty. Carlos S. Cao Jr., Professor) CHAPTER I- GENERAL PROVISIONS. ART. 1. Name of Decree-“ Labor Code ofthe Philipines" (P.0.442 as amended) ART. 2 Date of Effectvity 1. Labor Law and Social Legislation ‘Social Justice as the Justification of Labor Laws Labor Standards Law vie-evis Labor Relations Law Constitutional Mandates 44.Att I, Secs. 8,10,11,13,14,1820 42.Att Ill, Secs, 1.4,7.8,10.16,18 (2) 43 Art Xiil, Secs. 1,2:3,13,14. 5. Related Laws 5.1. The CvilCode- Art 19, Art 1700, Art. 1702 5.2. The Revised Penal Code- Art 286, Art 287, Art 288, Art. 289. 5.3 Special Laws- SSS Law, GSIS Law, Agrarian Reform Laws, 13" Month Pay Law, "Magna Carta" for Public Health Workers, et 5.4 International Conventions ‘ART. 3, Declaration of Basic Policy 1. Labor Laws and Socio- economic Goals ART. 4, Construction in Favor of Labor Interpretation and Construction 1.4 Laborer’s Welfare, Liberal Approach 1.2 Concern for Lowly Workers 1.3. Management Rights ART. 5. Rules and Regulations ART. 6. Applicability 1° Applicability to Goverment Corporations 2. Non-appicabity to Government Agencies 3. Applcabiity Without Employer- Employee Relationship Chapter il- EMANCIPATION OF TENANTS (Amended by CARP Law or R.A. No.6657,June 10,1988) ART. 7. Statement of Objectives ‘ART. 8 Transfer of Lands to Tenant- Workers ART. 9 Determination of Land Value ‘Art 10. Conditions of Ownership ‘Art 11, Implementing Agency 4.” Legislative History ‘Share Tenancy Abolished Constitutional Provisions ‘Compensation Scheme i) Hacienda Luisi, nc. and Luisita Industrial Perk Corp, etc. vs. PARC, ete, G.R. No. 171101 (July 45,2011) and November 22,2011) i) Association of Small Landowners of the Phil Inc. vs. Sec. of Agrarian Reform, GR. No. 78742 (July 14,1989), 5. Retention Limits 6 Lands Not Covered i) Alta vs. Court of Appeals.G.R. No 78517 (Feb. 27,1989). i) Luz Farms vs. Sec. of DAR, GR. No.86889 (Dec. 4, 1990) in) BOOK ONE- PRE- EMPLOYMENT Title I- RECRUITMENT AND PLACEMENT OF WORKERS (Amended by R.A.8042 or "Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995" and by R.A. 10022, ‘March 8, 2010) Chapter |- GENERAL PROVISIONS ART. 12. Statement of Objectives ART. 13. Definitons. 1. ‘Private Fee-Charging Employment Agency’ vis-a-vis “Private Recruitment Entity” 2. “License” vis-a-vis “Authority” 3. Article 13 (B) Construed; What Constitutes Recruitment and Placement 1)People vs. Panis, GR No. L-58674-77 (July 11, 1990) 11) People vs. Goce, GRNo. 113161 (Aug.28, 1998). 4 Darvin vs. CA and People of the Philppines, GR. No. 126044 (July 13, 1996) ‘ART. 14. Employment PromotionART. 15. Bureau of Employment Services (E ©. No. 797 created a Bureau of Local Employment to assume the functions of the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Bureau of Employment Services and repeated Par. b & cof Art. 15) 4. Local Employment 1.4.The PESO ART. 16. Private Recruitment 1. Authorized Entities ART. 17. Overseas Employment Development Board (now Philippine Overseas Employment Administration or POEA) 1, Overseas Employment, Brief History and Legislative Background 2. Overseas Employment Policy 2.4. Selective Deployment Under R.A. No, 8042 2.2 Other Prohibited Acts under R.A. No. 10022 3. Regulatory Function of POEA 3.1, POEA Rules for Land-based OFWs (May 2002). 3.2. POEA Rules for Seafearers (July 2003) 4. Jurisdiction Transferred to NLRC 4.1. Money claims arising out of an employer-employee relationship of OF Ws, 4.2. Claims for actual, moral, exemplary and other forms of damages. 4.3 Premature termination of contracts. i,)Marsman Manning Agency, Inc. vs. NLRC,G.R. No. 127195 (Aug. 26,1999). i) Inter-Orient Maritime Enterprises, inc. vs. NLRC, G.R. No. 115495 (Sep. 10, 1996) 5. Jurisdiction Retained with POEA 5.1, Regulatory Function 5.2 Disciplinary Action Cases ART. 18. Ban on Direct-Hirng ‘ART. 19. Office of Emigrant Affairs (now Commission on Filipinos Overseas or CFO) ‘ART. 20. National Seamen Board (merged with Overseas Employment Development Board ( OEDB) and the Overseas Employment Function ofthe defunct Bureau of Employment Services to form POEA) 1. Seamen's Standard Employment Contracts and the Intemational Transport Federation (ITF) 1) Wallem Shipping, nc. vs. Ministry of Labor, G.R. No. L-50734-37 (1981) ji) VireJen Shipping and Marine Services vs. NLRC, G.R. No, L-58011 (1983) jit) Suzara vs. Benipayo,G.R. No. 57999 (Aug. 1, 1989). 2. Invalid Side Agreements i) Chavez vs. Bonto- Perez, Rola, et. A, G.R. No. 109808 (Mar. 1, 1995) 3. Delay in Filing Claim 4. Minimum Employment Conditions 5. Freedom to Stipulate ‘Att 21. Foreign Service Role and Participation Protection and Assistance by Goverment Agencies (DFA,DOLE, OWWA,POEA.OUMWA etc.) Legal Assistance Fund National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO) Repatriation of Workers of the remains; workers at fault; in case of disasters; mandatory repatriation of underage workers; validity i. Equ Asia Placement, nc. vs. DFA, et al. G.R. No. 152214 (Sep. 19, 2006) ART. 22. Mandatory Remittance of Foreign Exchange Eamings (E.. 867 of Dec. 11, 1982), ‘ART. 23. Composition ofthe Boards 1." Composition of the POEA, OWWA. ART. 24. Boards to Issue Rules and Collect Fees ‘Chapter l- REGULATIONS OF RECRUITMENT AND PLACEMENT ACTIVITIES ART. 25. Private Sector Participation in the Recruitment and Placement of Workers 1. POEA's Retained Jurisdiction 2. Validity of POEA Regulations (‘power of subordinate legislation”) i) Eastern Shipping Lines, Inc. vs. POEA.etc., G.R.No, 76633 (Oct. 18,1988). ART. 26. Travel Agencies Prohibited to Recruit ART. 27. Citizenship Requirement ‘ART. 28 Capitalization ‘ART 29, Non-transterability of License or Authority ‘ART. 30 Registration Fees ‘ART. 31. Bonds 7) __Finman Gen. Assurance vs. Inocencio,G.R.Nos. 90273-75 (Nov. 15,1989). ART. 32. Fees to be Paid by Workers i) Eastem Assurance & Surety Corp. vs. Sec. of Labor, G.R. Nos. 79496-50 (January 17, 1990). ‘ART. 33. Reports on Employment Status ‘ART 34, Prohibited Practices (expanded by R.A. 8042 and R.A. 10022) ‘ART. 35. Suspension and/ or Cancellation of License or Authority ‘Concurrent Jurisdiction of Dole Secretary and POEA Administrator to Suspend or Cancel a License. 1) Trans Action- Overseas Corp. vs. The Hon. Sec. of Labor, G.R. No. 109583 (Sep §, 1997) 2. Duration of Liability i) Catan vs. NLRC, G.R. No. 77279 (Apri 15,1986). 3. Solidary Liability by Recruitment Agent and Foreign Principal’ Employer. i) Royal Crown Intemational vs. NLRC. GR. No. 78085 (Oct. 16, 1989) ti) Seaguil Mantime Corp. vs. Belatongan. G.R. NO. 62252 (Feb. 2, 1989). jv) Sigma Personnel Servius vs. NLRC, G.R. No. 108284 (June 30, 1993). §v) Feagle Construction Corp. vs. Gayde. GR. No. 82310 (June 18, 1990) 4. Suabiity of a Foreign Corporation which Hires Filipino Workers 1) Facies Management Corp. vs. Dela Osa, 89 SCRA 131 (1978).‘Chapter i- MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ART. 36. Regulatory Power of Dole Secretary ART. 37. Vistonal Power ART. 38. legal Recruitment 1. Expanded Definition of ttegal Recruitment under RA 8042 as amended by RA 10022 1.1 'Reprocessing” under Sec. 5 (¢ ) of RA 10022 and Sec. 6(c ) of RA 8042 1.2.*Contract Subtittion or Alteration” under Sec. 5 (i) of RA 10022 and Sec. 6(i) of RA 8042. 1.3 Persons Liable for legal Recruitment 1.4. Employee, When Liable i). People ofthe Phil Vs. Bulu Chowdury, GR. Nos. 129577-80 (Feb5, 2000) li) People vs. Cabais, G.R. No. 129070 March 16, 2001). 1.8 Lack of Receipts- Overcome by Testimonial Evidence i)” People vs. Sagaydo, GR. No. 124671-75 (Sep. 29, 2000). 4i) People vs. Benzon Ong, G.R. No. 119594 (Jan 18, 2000). 2. Estafa- simultaneously committed with legal Recruitment i) People vs. Calonzo, G.R. Nos. 115150-55 (Sep. 27, 1996) ji) __ People vs. Hemandez, GR. Nos. 141221-36 ( Merch 7, 2002). 3. Power to Issue Search or Arrest Warrants; Art. 38 (c) Unconstitutional 1) Salazar vs. Achacoso and Marquez, GR. No. 81510 (March 14, 1990). 4, legal Recruiters Stil Subject to Arrest 5. Surveillance and Closure: Other Ant-ilegal Recruitment Activities of POEA ART. 39. Penalties 1. "Qualifed” legal Recruitment as Economic Sabotage (‘Large-scale" and “Syndicated” Megal Recruitment) 2 Venue 3. Mandatory Periods for Resolution of Cases 4. Prescriptive Periods ‘TITLE Il EMPLOYMENT OF NON- RESIDENT ALIENS ART. 40, Employment Permit of Non- Resident Aliens ‘ART. 41. Prohibiton Against Transfer of Employment [ART 42. Submission of List 1. Alien Employment Permit (AEP) vis-a-vis Alien Employment Registration Certificate (AERC). 2. Department Order No, 75-06 (May 31, 2006) 3. Legality of Limiting Employment of Aliens i) General Miling Corp. vs. Tomes, G.R. No. 9366 (April 22, 1991) ii) Dee C. Chuan & Sons vs. CIR, 85 Phi 431 (Jan. 31, 1950). BOOK TWO- HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Witn amendments to Articles 43-81 by virtue of RA7796 or “TESDA" Law which was approved on August 25, 1994 Covering provisions on Apprentices, Learners, and Handicapped Workers in relation to RA 7610 as amended by RA 7658 (Nov. 9, 1993); RA 7323, and RA 7277 or “Magna Carta for Disabled Persons’) Title |. NATIONAL MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Title I- TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OF SPECIAL WORKERS. i) Nitto Enterprises vs. NLRC and R. Capil, G.R. No. 114337 (Sep. 29, 1995). 1) _Filamer Christian Institute vs. Hon. Intermediate Appellate Court, G.R. No. 75112 (August 17, 1992). ji.) Bemardo vs. NLRC and Far East Bank, G.R. No. 122917 ( July 12, 1999) BOOK THREE- CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT Title - WORKING CONDITIONS AND REST PERIODS Chapter - HOURS OF WORK ART. 82. Coverage 1. *Four- fold Test’ of Employment Relationship i) “Brotherhood” Labor Unity Movement of the Phil, etal. vs. Zamora, G.R. No. 48645 (Jan, 7, 1987). ji) Continental Marble Corp. vs. NLRC, G.R. No. 43825 ( May 9, 1988) iii) Sevila vs. Court of Appeals G.R. No. 44182-3 (Apri 15, 1988) iv) Encyclopedia Britannica (Phi) Inc. vs. NLRC, G.R. No. 87098 (Nov. 4, 1996). ¥) —Tirazona vs. Court of Appeals, et, G.R. No. 169712 (Mar. 14, 2008). vi) Mania Golf & Country Club vs. IAC, 237SCRA207 vi) Dy Keh Berg vs. Intemational Labor & Marine Union of the Phil, G.R. No.L- 32245 (May 25, 1979) vil.) Angelina Francisco vs. NLRC, Kasei Corp..etc., G.R. No. 170087 (Aug. 31, 2006). ix) Domasig vs. NLRC, G.R. No. 118101 (Sep. 16, 1996) x) Equitable Banking Corp. vs. NLRC and RL. Sadad, G.R. No. 102467 (June 13, 1997). xi) Qpulencia ice Plant vs. NLRC. G.R. No. 98368 (Dec. 15, 1993). xii) Zamudio vs. NLRC, G.R. No. 76723 (Mar. 23, 1990) 2. Existence of Employment Relationship Determined by Law, Not by Contract 1. Paguio vs. NLRC, G.R. No. 147816 (May 9, 2003) 3. When Employment Relationship Present i) Great Pacific Life Assurance Corp. vs. Judico, G.R. No. 73887 (Dec. 21, 1989). ji) = Peati University vs. Hon. Jose Bautista and Feat University Faculty Club- DAFLU, GR. No. L-21278 ( Dec 27, 1966). i) Citizen's League of Free Workers, etal. vs. Abbas, G-R. No. L-21212 ( Sep 23, 1966) 4 When Employment Relationship Absent, Job Contracting or Independent Contractorship