LABOR LAW I disability,

death and
LABOR other causes
- Pertains to the exertion of physical and
mental efforts by human beings for the SOCIAL JUSTICE
attainment of goods and services
- Calalang v. Williams
LABOR LAW - Humanization of laws and the equalization
- Set of rules and regulations governing the of social and economic forces by the State
rights and duties of the employers and - Promotion of the welfare of the people
employees - It guarantees the equality in opportunity,
o Conditions of employment equality of political rights, and equality
o Labor disputes before the law, equality in the values given
and received, and the equitable sharing of
ELEMENTS OF LABOR LAW the social and material goods
- Ramon Magsaysay.
A. Labor policies
a. The principles and guidelines SOURCES OF THE POWER TO ENACT
defining state policies in labor LABOR LAWS
B. Labor standards
a. The bases of the rights and duties A. CONSTITUTION
of workers and employees a. Article II, Section 18
C. Labor relations b. Article XIII, Section 3
a. Pertains to the institutional B. POLICE POWER
mechanisms that govern the a. The power of the government to
individual and the collective enact laws, within constitutional
interactions of employers and limits to promote order, safety,
employees health, morals and general welfare
of society
LABOR LAW V. SOCIAL LAW
RATIONALE OF LABOR LAWS
SOCIAL LAW
A. ARTICLE 1700 of the CIVIL CODE
- Laws that provide particular kinds of a. The relations of capital and labor are
protection or benefits to society or impressed with public interest that
segments in furtherance of social justice labor contracts must yield to the
common good.
LABOR SOCIAL
LAW LAW SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CONSTITUTION
OBJECT Well-being Welfare of TO LABOR
of labor in society in
general general - Defines new State Policies on Labor
SUBJECT Proximate Remote and - Guarantees the individual and Collective
MATTER and direct indirect Rights of workers
interest of interest of - It contains nationalistic provisions
workers and workers protecting Filipino Labor
employees
APPLICATION Workers Whose NEW CONSTITUTIONAL POLICIES
actively employment CONCERNING LABOR
employed is interrupted
A. Article II, Section 18
by sickness,
B. Article XIII, Section 12
 C. Article XIII, Section 13
D. Article XIII, Section 14
RESTATEMENT
A. Article XIII, Section 3