The Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction of an accused for robbery for demanding money from his ex-girlfriend in exchange for deleting her nude photos posted on Facebook. This was the ruling of the Supreme Court’s Second Division, in a Decision penned by...
Affirming the State’s promise to protect Filipino workers here and abroad, the Court ruled that it is illegal to fire an employee solely for testing positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In a Decision penned by Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin S. Caguioa,...
Backwages due illegally dismissed probationary employees are not limited to the unexpired portion of the probationary period but cover the time when compensation was withheld up to reinstatement. This was the ruling of the Supreme Court En Banc in a Decision...