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AsianSLL Members may share news (1) on labour law in their jurisdictions and (2) on their activities related to labour law to the AsianSLL Secretariat via the email address below.
The text of Labour Laws in Asia that are in force are available here.
2025
2025
[Philippines - Labour Law Updates] 10 October 2025: Efforts underway to exempt Philippines from 'Keep Call Centers in America' bill (News report from Philstar.com)
Text - S.2495 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Keep Call Centers in America Act of 2025 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress, United States of America
[Philippines - Labour Law Updates] 24 September 2025: SC Preventing Employees from Reporting to Work Without Valid Reason is Illegal Dismissal [press release, Supreme Court decision]
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 8 September 2025: The Alpás Modules: Termination of Employment for Private Sector Workers 2025 Edition ng Workers by the Workers and Employees Program (WEP), UP Law Center, is now available for sale at the UP Law Center Bookroom!
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 3 September 2025: Workers’ Forum on Key Labor Bills Filed in the 20th Congress
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 2 September 2025: PAGBATI SA TAGUMPAY ng UP Law Center-Workers and Employees Program (WEP) para sa karangalang natanggap ng ALPAS Modules — ang Gawad ng Sentro ng Wikang Filipino para sa Natatanging Proyekto sa Filipino.
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 14 August 2025: Part 4 – Role of Women in the Maritime Industry, Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers (R.A. 12021): A Primer
[Philippines - Labour Law Updates] 1 August 2025: SC Upholds Suspension of Employee Who Locked Company Out of Its Own Software [press release, Supreme Court decision]
[Philippines - Labour Law Updates] 28 July 2025: SC: NLRC May Enforce Collective Bargaining Terms in Unfair Labor Practice Cases [press release, Supreme Court decision]
[Philippines - Labour Law Updates] 4 July 2025: SC: Public Officials’ Salaries Can Be Garnished to Pay Debts [press release, Supreme Court decision]
[Philippines - Labour Law Updates] 2 July 2025: SC Finds Managers Guilty of Theft for Withholding Service Charges from Staff [press release, Supreme Court decision]
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 26 June 2025: Part 3 - Duties of Seafarers, Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers (R.A. 12021): A Primer
[Philippines - Labour Law Updates] 20 June 2025: SC: Employers Must Show Bank Receipt of Payroll to Prove Workers Were Paid [press release, Supreme Court decision]
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 13 June 2025: Part 2 - Rights of Seafarers, Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers (R.A. 12021): A Primer
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 21 April 2025: Part 1 - Definitions, Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers (R.A. 12021): A Primer
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 20 May 2025: 36 Union Representatives Complete March 2025 DOLE UP Law Paralegal Training Program on Labor Rights and Remedies
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 16 May 2025: SC: Signed Job Offer Creates Employer-Employee Relationship; Redundancy Requires Proof [press release, Supreme Court decision]
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 3 April 2025: Contractualization and ENDO Still an Urgent Concern
[Philippines - Labour Law Updates] 26 March 2025: SC Upholds Mandatory SSS Coverage For OFWs But Strikes Down Payment Requirement for OEC [press release, Supreme Court decision]
[Philippines - Labour Law Updates] 17 March 2025: SC: Teacher Liable for Damages for Death Caused by Student [press release, Supreme Court decision]
[Philippines - Labour Law Updates] 28 February 2025: SC: Security Guards in Broken Shift Scheme Entitled to Overtime Pay [press release, Supreme Court decision]
[Philippines - Labour Law Updates] 31 January 2025: SC: OFWs Do Not Lose Parental and Custody Rights over Their Children [press release, Supreme Court decision]
Note: OFWs (Overseas Filipino Workers) are Philippine migrant workers.
[Philippines - Labour Law Updates] 6 January 2025: SC: DOLE Registration Certificate Alone Does Not Prove Legal Job Contracting [press release, Supreme Court decision]
2024
2024
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 23 September 2024: Alpás Training for Private Sector Workers
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 20 September 2024: Second Paralegal Training Program Goes On Despite Carina and Habagat
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 5 September 2024: Paralegal Training Program on Labor Rights and Remedies — UP College of Law
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 15 July 2024: Summary of the rights of workers and independent contractors in the movie and television industry under Republic Act No. 11996 or the Eddie Garcia Law
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 11 July 2024: The P35.00 NCR Minimum Wage Increase
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 3 July 2024: Minimum Wage Increase in the Private Sector
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 10 January 2024: WEP HOLDS RTDS ON UP LAW CENTER PROPOSED REVISED LABOR CODE — UP College of Law
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 5 January 2024: UP Law WEP Takes Part In 2023 Occupational Safety, Health And Rehabilitation Conference In Taipei — UP College of Law
2023
2023
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 3 November 2023: UP Law WEP Conducts Third Training Series on Termination of Employment in the Private Sector and Gender Orientation for Workers, together with UP Law GLPP — UP College of Law
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 30 August 2023: DOLE AND UP COLLEGE OF LAW SEAL PARTNERSHIP: EMPOWERING WORKERS WITH PARALEGAL TRAINING AND LEGAL REPRESENTATION
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 23 August 2023: WEP Holds Second Training Series on Labor Relations — UP College of Law
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 6 July 2023: WEP-Proposed Magna Carta of Health Workers — UP College of Law
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 26 April 2023: WEP wraps up RTD series on Freedom of Association — UP College of Law
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 29 March 2023: WEP holds 11th RTD on Freedom of Association — UP College of Law
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 3 March 2023: WEP 10th RTD on Freedom of Association — UP College of Law
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 5 January 2023: ASIAN SOCIETY OF LABOUR LAW HOLDS MANILA SPECIAL CONFERENCE — UP College of Law
2022
2022
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 26 October 2022: WEP first training series on labor standards — UP College of Law
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 25 October 2022: WEP Proposes Magna Carta of Health Workers Bill — UP College of Law
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 14 September 2022: UP Law WEP first training series on labor standards — UP College of Law
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 16 August 2022: Setting the Labor Legislative Agenda for the 19th Congress — UP College of Law
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 25 April 2022: WEP Holds 4th Online Roundtable Discussion — UP College of Law
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 25 February 2022: AMIDST A CRISIS: PANDEMIC-RELATED BENEFITS FOR LABOR — UP College of Law
2021
2021
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 2 December 2021: WEP Holds 2nd Online Roundtable with Labor Groups — UP College of Law
[Philippines - Members' Activities] 9 November 2021: WEP Holds 1st Online Roundtable with Labor Groups — UP College of Law
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