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Featured in this compendium are the leading Philippine labor laws, jurisprudence on labor, codal provisions, selected case digests, and occasional full text of the Supreme Court decisions.
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"Wage" and "Salary" Defined
The term "wages," as distinguished from "salary," applies to the compensation for manual labor, skilled or unskilled, paid at stated times, and measured by the day, week, month, or season, while "salary" denotes a higher degree of employment, or a su...
Wage Includes Sales Commissions
"Salary," the etymology of which is the Latin word "salarium," is often used interchangeably with "wage," the etymology of which is the Middle English word "wagen." Both words generally refer to one and the same meaning, that is, a reward...
Can Bonus Be Withdrawn by the Employer?
Even if a bonus is not demandable for not forming part of the wage, salary or compensation of the employee, the same may nevertheless be granted on equitable consideration.In Philippine Education Co., Inc. vs. Court of Industrial Relations, et al. (9...
Marcos et al vs. NLRC et al
Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURTManilaSECOND DIVISIONG.R. No. 111744 September 8, 1995LOURDES G. MARCOS, ALEJANDRO T. ANDRADA, BALTAZARA J. LOPEZ AND VILMA L. CRUZ, petitioners,- versus - NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and INSULAR L...
Songco, et al. vs. National Labor Relations Commission
G.R. Nos. 50999-51000(March 23, 1990)FACTS: Zuelig filed an application for clearance to terminate the services of Songco, and others, on the ground of retrenchment due to financial losses. During the hearing, the parties agreed that the ...
Article 97
ART. 97. Defination.As used in this Title: (a) "Person" means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, legal representative, or any organized group of persons. (b) "Employer" includes any person ac...

