Course Objective:

    The program aims to orient participants with the requirements of the Labor Code in the implementation of laws on Labor Standards.  At the end of the session, it is expected that the participants would be better equipped to formulate, administer and recruitment and placement as a business function.

Course Content

Labor Standards

-    Labor Standards; concept and distinction with Labor Relations

-    Exclusion from Coverage
-     Field personnel, supervisory and managerial employees
-    Government/agricultural workers
-    Wage
-    Definition
-    Prohibitions regarding Wages

-    Salient features of the Wage Rationalization Act (RA 6727)
-    National Wages and Productivity Commission
-    Regional Wages and Productivity Board
-    Wage determinants
-    Wage distortions
-    Exemptions; grounds & process

-    Kinds of Labor Standards
-    Labor standard benefits under PD 442
-    Hours worked;
-    Meal periods;
-    Night shift differential;
-    Overtime work; grounds/premium
-    Rest periods;
-    Service Incentive Leave
-    Service Charges
-    Labor standard benefits under special social legislation
-    Maternity leave
-    Paternity pay law
-    SSS, Philhealth and Pag-ibig Benefits
-    Solo Parents Benefits
-    Protection to special type of workers
-    Minor workers
-    Female workers
-    House helpers and Home workers    
-     Non Diminution of Salaries & Benefits Rule
-    Occupational Health & Safety

Methodology:
Lecture, exercises and hand outs