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+ Follow BACKWAGES Tag
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                    [ArticleID] => 346755
                    [Title] => Backwages
                    [Summary] => The law guarantees the right of employees to security of tenure. This means that an employee may not be dismissed from his employment except for just or authorized causes under the Labor Code and only after observance of his right to due process.

[DatePublished] => 2006-07-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135291 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1657045 [AuthorName] => POINT OF LAW By Emiterio C. Manibog, Jr. [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 179259 [Title] => Compensated even without working [Summary] => In contemplation of law, an employee illegally dismissed is deemed to have never left his office. So he should be granted compensation which rightfully belongs to him from the moment he was unduly deprived of it. Up to what period should such compensation or backwages be computed? This is the question answered in this case of Eric.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103084 [Title] => Compensating a wrong act - A Law Each Day (Keeps Trouble Away) [Summary] =>

If an employee is illegally dismissed, he is entitled to backwages, and separation pay, if reinstatement is no longer feasible. How much should the backwages and separation pay be? This is answered in this case of Rolando and Vicky, bookkeeper and cashier, respectively, of a rural bank.

Rolando and Vicky received a letter from the president and general manager of the bank requiring them to submit their formal resignation "immediately upon receipt hereof". [DatePublished] => 2000-02-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103851 [Title] => The worker, not the work - A Law Each Day (Keeps Trouble Away) [Summary] =>

This is another case of a punishment not commensurate with the infraction committed by an employee.

The employee here is the cashier of a bookstore whom we shall call Delia. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )

BACKWAGES
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    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 346755
                    [Title] => Backwages
                    [Summary] => The law guarantees the right of employees to security of tenure. This means that an employee may not be dismissed from his employment except for just or authorized causes under the Labor Code and only after observance of his right to due process.

[DatePublished] => 2006-07-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135291 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1657045 [AuthorName] => POINT OF LAW By Emiterio C. Manibog, Jr. [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 179259 [Title] => Compensated even without working [Summary] => In contemplation of law, an employee illegally dismissed is deemed to have never left his office. So he should be granted compensation which rightfully belongs to him from the moment he was unduly deprived of it. Up to what period should such compensation or backwages be computed? This is the question answered in this case of Eric.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103084 [Title] => Compensating a wrong act - A Law Each Day (Keeps Trouble Away) [Summary] =>

If an employee is illegally dismissed, he is entitled to backwages, and separation pay, if reinstatement is no longer feasible. How much should the backwages and separation pay be? This is answered in this case of Rolando and Vicky, bookkeeper and cashier, respectively, of a rural bank.

Rolando and Vicky received a letter from the president and general manager of the bank requiring them to submit their formal resignation "immediately upon receipt hereof". [DatePublished] => 2000-02-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103851 [Title] => The worker, not the work - A Law Each Day (Keeps Trouble Away) [Summary] =>

This is another case of a punishment not commensurate with the infraction committed by an employee.

The employee here is the cashier of a bookstore whom we shall call Delia. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )

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