Equal Work Opportunities for All
The State shall protect labor, promote full employment, provide equal work opportunity regardless of gender, race, or creed; and regulate employee-employer relations.
Male and female employees are entitled to equal compensation for work of equal value and to equal access to promotion and training opportunities. Discrimination against female employees is unlawful. It is also unlawful for an employer to require a condition of employment that a woman employee shall not get married or to stipulate expressly or tacitly that a woman employee shall be deemed dismissed upon marriage.
The minimum age of employment is 18 years for hazardous jobs, and 15 years for non-hazardous jobs. But a child below 15 maybe employed by parents or guardians in a non-hazardous job if the employment does not interfere with the child's schooling.
What is security of tenure?
Every employee shall be assured security of tenure. No employee can be dismissed from work except for a just or authorized cause, and only after due process.
Due Process in cases of just cause involves:
- notice to employee of intent to dismiss and grounds for dismissal
- opportunity for employee to explain his or her side
- notice of decision to dismiss
In authorized causes, due process means written notice of dismissal to the employee specifying the grounds, at least 30 days before the date of termination.
The inability of a probationary employee to meet the employer's prescribed standards of performance made known to him or her at the time of hiring is also a just cause for dismissal.
[Source: www.dole.gov.ph] |
