The sudden onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 forced most businesses to implement telecommuting and work-from-home arrangements to adapt to the evolving rules and quarantine protocols of the government.

Amidst the current pandemic, the rules on holiday pay might be pushed aside and some employers might not want to pay their employees holiday pay because of the difficulties COVID-19 has presented to their business.

Yes, temporary suspension of employment and retrenchment may be availed of at the same time. Retrenchment is an authorized cause for termination under Article 298 [283] of the Labor Code of the Philippines.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Labor Advisory No. 18, Series of 2021 (L.A. No. 18-21) prescribes the guidelines for the computation of the mandatory 13th-month pay for private-sector workers for this year.

On 08 November 2021, Acting Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama announced the release of the Twenty Thousand Pesos (PHP 20,000.00) Christmas bonus to all City Hall employees provided that all of the said employees gets vaccinated against COVID-19. He said that the City Hall’s over 5,000 employees will only receive their bonuses once each and every employee has been vaccinated.

One of the best ways to secure one’s personal and household finances from unexpected dangers and risks is to avail of a life insurance policy. However, taking out an insurance policy may prove to be a daunting task for anyone.

Metro Manila will be shifting from ECQ to the new Alert Levels System with Alert Level 4 starting 16 September 2021 until 30 September 2021. During this period, persons younger than 18, older than 65, those with comorbidities, or those who are pregnant must stay at home.

YouTube, Facebook Live, Twitch, TikTok, and Instagram, game changers as to how people consume information and entertainment has caused a ripple effect in related industries such as marketing and advertising. Enterprising individuals, popularly known these days as social media influencers, have since caught on to this zeitgeist and have embraced their creative personalities in order to try and cash in on the action.

We’ve received a number of queries regarding the Certificates of Employment required by the Philippine National Police during this ECQ. If you are an authorized person outside of residence (APOR) and an employee with a designated driver, request your HR for a certification indicating your name, contact information, address, name of the designated driver, and the make/model/plate number of your vehicle.

Here we are again with another season of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) on top of the tanning weather we are currently having. The Philippine Government announced that the whole of NCR, and the surrounding areas (commonly referred to as NCR+), will be placed under ECQ once again from 06 August 2021 to 20 August 2021 as an effort to curb the proliferation of the Delta variant of COVID-19. The Delta variant is a highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 virus strain, which was first identified in India last December.