January 22, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.
Check out your due date using this table and see if you have paid your contributions for at least 3 months BEFORE your semester of contingency. If you paid, you are eligible. If hindi umabot ang bayad sa tamang window of payments, walang SSS Maternity Benefit. IMPORTANT: Hindi po counted ang late SSS contribution payments […]
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December 28, 2020.Reading time 39 minutes.
Everyone may have been dismayed to learn that SSS will increase their contributions required from BOTH Employers and Employees by 13% starting from January 2021. This should be of no surprise as SSS is only following the increase of contribution that was scheduled since 2018 as stated via the Republic Act No. 11199 or the […]
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October 29, 2020.Reading time 21 minutes.
The DOLE Department Order No. 215, Series of 2020, which dropped just last October 26, caused a lot of confusion in the HR space. Personally, I found the Department Order No. 215, Series of 2020 weird since paragraphs over paragraphs are in BOLD and ALL CAPITAL as if someone in DOLE has been shouting their […]
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September 9, 2020.Reading time 31 minutes.
The hottest topic this week are Employees who are placed on Floating Status. As we are now almost on the very 6th month since ECQ was declared and thousands of employees started their work suspension, people are now asking — What will happen to us: Will we be recalled back to work or be paid […]
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September 8, 2020.Reading time 12 minutes.
BE AUTHENTIC THAN CORRECT IN A JOB INTERVIEW There’s nothing more nerve-wracking than going to an interview. It’s scary, the interviewer is relentless, and you don’t even know where the questions are coming from. Rejection sucks and you always want to make a great impression so that at least you can get that offer. The […]
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September 5, 2020.Reading time 27 minutes.
Today is September 5, and we’re almost at the 6th month mark since ECQ started! According to Article 301 (Ex. Art. 286) of the Labor Code — companies can place their employees on floating status so long as the period does not exceed SIX months. When employment not deemed terminated. The bona-fide suspension of […]
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August 31, 2020.Reading time 18 minutes.
Last August 24, 2020, the DOLE Bureau of Working Conditions held a Zoom Webinar on DOLE Issuances, Preserving Employment Through the Adoption of Flexible Work Arrangement. To spare you the 1-hour sit through of the webinar, here is the summary of the talk. Why is the Government Promoting the Adoption of Flexible Work Arrangement? The […]
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August 29, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.
To the people who are counting the exact date when the 6th month is due when it’s time to ask people back to report from their floating status: The Supreme Court recognizes the use of 180 days when computing for 6 months. Just be careful you don’t exceed on this date. Source: Date and Time […]
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August 26, 2020.Reading time 41 minutes.
Separation Pay in the Philippines Okay, so many people have been PM’ing me re: how much is their Separation Pay for the 4Rs of Termination — Retrenchment, Redundancy and Retirement. So once and for all, this is the encompassing entry on how much an employer should pay you if they are terminating your employment. To […]
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August 18, 2020.Reading time 16 minutes.
Quick Feedback After the Backlash (Yay!) After issuing the DOLE and DTI Joint Memorandum Circular No. 20-04, Series of 2020 last August 15 afternoon, the two were quick to listen to the constructive feedback of everybody else (Thank you, you guys!) and immediately issued a clarificatory statement regarding two questionable issues I had with the original […]
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August 16, 2020.Reading time 48 minutes.
The DOLE and DTI released the following Joint Memorandum Circular No. 20-04, Series of 2020 (DTI-DOLE Joint Memorandum Circular No. 20-04-A-3) last August 15 afternoon and created a big ruckus in the Philippine business and HR community for being non strategic, not friendly to businesses, and impracticality. Reading through 22 pages of it, I realized […]
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