Book VI — Post-Employment
Article 279Security of tenure.
ELI5— what this means for you
Security of tenure: once you're a regular employee, you can only be fired for just cause (your fault) or authorized cause (business reasons) — AND only with proper due process (two written notices). Missing either the cause OR the due process = illegal dismissal.
Key point
Regular employee = can only be fired for valid cause + proper due process. Both required.
Official text — PD 442
Security of tenure.
In cases of regular employment, the employer shall not terminate the services of an employee except for a just cause or when authorized by this Title. An employee who is unjustly dismissed from work shall be entitled to reinstatement without loss of seniority rights and other privileges and to his full backwages, inclusive of allowances, and to his other benefits or their monetary equivalent computed from the time his compensation was withheld from him up to the time of his actual reinstatement. (As amended by Section 34, Republic Act No. 6715, March 21, 1989)
Source: lawphil.net (PD 442 as amended)
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