Manager's Right: Know Your Right
Manager’s Guide - Philippine Jurisprudence on Illegal Dismissal Managers are also employees. When they are subjected to unfair labor practices or denied of their basic rights, they can seek redress before the labor tribunals. While Labor Laws are generally designed to protect the most vulnerable sectors of the working class that is the rank-and-file etc., it does not follow that managerial employees are without rights arising from labor laws. Philippine Jurisprudence has promulgated number of cases on this regard. The Supreme Court in the case of MARILYN T. SAGUM vs. INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC. (GR No. 158759, May 26, 2005) ruled on the the Security of Tenure for all Regular Employees citing the following provisions: Article 279 of the Labor Code provides the law on reinstatement, viz.: Article 279. Security of Tenure . - In cases of regular employment, the employer shall not terminate the services of an employee except for a just...