DON MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL STATE UNIVERSITY

MID-LA UNION CAMPUS

COLLEGE OF LAW

COURSE SYLLABUS

Course Code: Law 144 Units: 3

Descriptive Title: Labor Law I
Term: SY 2021-2022, First Semester

I. Course Description:
This is an introduction to the basic concepts related to labor law
particularly those that relate to Labor Standards.

II. Course Objective:

The course aims at providing the student with a good overview of the Labor
Standards laws in the Philippines. The course will also equip the student with an
understanding on how these laws are applied in actual cases decided by the
Supreme Court as well as situational problems usually given in the bar exams.

Students successfully completing this course should be able to:

1. State the legal bases of labor law and tell where it may be found and
enumerate the basic rights of workers and employers;

2. Determine correctly when an employer-employee relationship exists and

differentiate job contracting from labor-only contracting;

3. Tell when there is illegal recruitment; discuss the rights of apprentices,

learners and the disabled;

4. State the minimum standards on hours of work, rest days, holidays,

various leaves, minimum wages, payment and protection of wages, 13th
month pay, and the working conditions for women, minors, house helps and
other special groups of workers;

5. Discuss the right to security of tenure and explain when an employee

may quit his/her employment;

6. Identify the just and business-related causes for termination of

employment; describe the procedural requirements of termination of
employment; and identify the reliefs and remedies in cases of illegal
dismissals;

7. Apply the knowledge gained from this cause to solve contemporary

problems relating to labor.

III. Course Outline

Midterms

Introduction to Labor Law; Legal bases of Labor Law and the Basic
Rights of Workers and Employers.
Requirements of Employer-Employee Relationship; Job Contracting
vs. Labor-Only Contracting

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 Illegal Recruitment; When Can Aliens Be Employed; Apprentice vs.
Learners; Rights of Disabled Workers
Labor Standards Proper

Finals

Security of Tenure; When Can an Employee Terminate His/her

Employment
Just and Authorized/ Business-Related Causes for Termination of
Employment by Employer; Procedural Requirements of Termination
of Employment
Remedies in Cases of Illegal/ Constructive Dismissal;

IV. Grading System

 Class participation   20%

 Attendance 10%
 Recitation/ Group Report/ Digest 10%

Quizzes 20%

Mid-Term Examination 30%

Final Examination 30%

Prepared by:

ATTY. STEPHANIE JOY A. ROLUSTA-VALDEZ

Instructor/Professor – Law 144/ Labor Law I

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