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Business Law and Labor Law Updates
IMPLEMENTATION OF MENTAL HEALTH WORKPLACE POLICES AND PROGRAMS FOR PRIVATE SECTOR
Employers are required to ensure that there are adequate resources to implement and sustain mental health workplace programs.
Workers are expected to participate actively in the formulation and effective implementation of the workplace policies and programs on Mental Health.
Workers shall not engage themselves in bullying and other forms of discrimination which may lead to a mental health problem.
THE FAMILY HOME
The family home is the dwelling house where the family resides, and the land on which it is situated.
The family home is exempt from execution, forced sale, or attachment.
The family home must be the place where the owner or family resides for it to be exempt from attachment, levy, or forced sale.
PAYMENT OF SSS AND GSIS CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE SAME PERSON AT THE SAME TIME
SSS contributions is mandatory for employees of the private sectors
GSIS contributions is mandatory for employees of the government
Employees may pay GSIS and SSS at the same time
MAY AN AGENT PURCHASE THE PROPERTY ENTRUSTED TO HIM BY THE PRINCIPAL?
An agent is not allowed, without his principal’s permission, to sell to himself what he has been ordered to buy; or to buy for himself what he has been ordered to sell.
The fiduciary relations between the agent and the principal prevents the agent from asserting a title adverse to that of the principal.
An agent can buy for himself the property after the termination of the agency or other properties different from those he has been commissioned to sell.