Book III — Conditions of Employment
Article 136
PD 442 · Labor Code of the PhilippinesELI5 guide available
ELI5— what this means for you
Your employer cannot require you to stay unmarried as a condition of employment, or automatically consider you resigned when you get married. Firing a woman employee solely because she got married is illegal.
Key point
Contract clause saying you'll be fired if you get married? That clause is void and unenforceable.
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