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Sources of Labor Laws
Sources of Labor Laws
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Book I Pre-Employment Book II Human Resources Development Book III Conditions of Employment Book IV Health, Safety, and Social Welfare Benefits Book V Labor Relations Book VI Post-Employment Aside from the Labor Code of the Philippines, there are many other statutes and laws that affects labor, such as:
1. 13th Month Pay Law 2. Retirement Pay Law (Republic Act No. 7641) 3. Paternity Leave Act of 1996 (Republic Act No. 8187) 4. Magna Carta for Disabled Persons (Republic Act. No. 7277)
Judicial decisions
Judicial decisions interpreting labor laws are also, in that sense, sources of labor laws. In accordance with Article 8, Civil Code: Judicial decisions applying or interpreting the laws or the Constitution shall form part of the legal system of the Philippines. This is not to say, though, that courts can promulgate laws. Courts cannot promulgate laws, they simply interpret or construe the law. Jurisprudence, in our system of government, cannot be considered as an independent source of law; it cannot create law. While it is true that judicial decisions which apply or interpret the Constitution or the laws are part of the legal system of the Philippines, still they are not laws. Judicial decisions, though not laws, are nonetheless evidence of what the laws mean, and it is for this reason that they are part of the legal system of the Philippines. Judicial decisions of the Supreme Court assume the same authority as the statute itself.[1]
6. Employees Compensation Commission (ECC) 7. Technical Educations and Skills Related Authority (TESDA)
Footnotes
1. Columbia Pictures, et al. vs. Court of Appeals, et al., G.R. No. 110318, August 28, 1996. 2. Victorias Milling Co., Inc. vs. Social Security Commission, 114 Phil. 555 (1962), as cited in Freedom from Debt Coalition v. Energy Regulatory Commission, G.R. No. 161113, 15 June 2004. 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intern. Retrieved on July 30, 2009. Last Edited: Sunday, March 20, 2011