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    The document outlines the coverage of the 2016 Bar Examinations for Labor Law and Social Legislation. It lists the major topics that will be tested, including fundamental labor law principles, recruitment and placement of workers, labor standards, termination of employment, management prerogatives, social welfare legislation, labor relations law, and labor dispute resolution procedures. Key concepts within each topic such as just causes for dismissal, collective bargaining agreements, and the jurisdiction of labor courts and agencies are enumerated. The document provides guidance to bar exam takers on the scope of topics covered in the exam without serving as a course outline.

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    COVERAGE

    LABOR LAW AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION


    2016 BAR EXAMINATIONS

    I. Fundamental Principles and


    Policies
    A. Constitutional provisions
    1. Article II, Secs. 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 20.
    2. Article III, Secs. 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 16, 18(2).
    3. Article XIII, Secs. 1, 2, 3, 13, 14.
    B. Civil Code
    1. Article 19
    2. Article 1700
    3. Article 1702
    C. Labor Code
    Books I, II, III, V, VI and VII
    [EXCLUDE: Book IV]

    II. Recruitment and Placement


    A. Recruitment of local and migrant workers
    1. Illegal recruitment (Sec. 5, R.A. No. 10022)
    a) License vs. authority
    b) Essential elements of illegal
    recruitment
    c) Simple illegal recruitment
    d) Illegal recruitment in large scale
    e) Illegal recruitment as economic
    sabotage
    f) Illegal recruitment vs. estafa
    g) Liabilities
    (i) Local recruitment agency
    (ii) Foreign employer
    (a) Theory of imputed knowledge
    (iii) Solidary liability
    h) Pre-termination of contract of migrant worker
    2. Direct hiring
    B. Regulation and enforcement
    1. Suspension or cancellation of license or authority (Art. 35, Labor
    Code)
    2. Regulatory and visitorial powers of the DOLE secretary
    3. Remittance of foreign exchange earnings
    4. Prohibited activities

    2016 Bar Examination


    Coverage

    Labor Law and Social


    Legislation

    III. Labor Standards


    A. Hours of work
    1. Coverage/Exclusions (Art. 82, Labor Code)
    2. Normal hours of work
    a) Compressed work week
    3. Meal break
    4. Waiting time
    5. Overtime work, overtime pay
    6. Night work (R.A. No. 10151), Night shift differential
    7. Part-time work
    8. Contract for piece work (see Civil Code)
    B. Wages
    1. Wage vs. salary
    2. Minimum wage defined, Minimum wage setting
    3. Minimum wage of workers paid by results
    a) Workers paid by results
    b) Apprentices
    c)
    Learners
    d) Persons with disability
    4. Commissions
    5. Deductions from wages
    6. Non-diminution of benefits
    7. Facilities vs. supplements
    8. Wage Distortion/Rectification [NOTE: no computation; principle
    only]
    9. Divisor to determine daily rate [NOTE: no computation; principle
    only]
    C. Rest Periods
    1. Weekly rest day
    2. Emergency rest day work
    D. Holiday pay/Premium pay
    1. Coverage, exclusions
    2. Teachers, piece workers, takay, seasonal workers, seafarers
    E. Leaves
    1. Service Incentive Leave
    2. Maternity Leave
    3. Paternity Leave
    4. Parental Leave (R.A. No. 8972)
    5. Leave for Victims of Violence against Women and Children (R.A. No.
    9262)
    6. Special leave benefit for women
    F. Service Charge
    G. Thirteenth Month Pay

    2016 Bar Examination


    Coverage

    Labor Law and Social


    Legislation

    H. Separation Pay
    I.

    Retirement
    Pay a.
    Eligibility
    b. Amount
    c. Retirement benefits of workers paid by
    results d. Retirement benefits of part-time
    workers
    e. Taxability

    J. Women Workers
    a. Provisions against
    discrimination b. Stipulation
    against marriage
    c. Prohibited acts
    d. Anti-Sexual Harassment Act (R.A. No. 7877)
    K. Employment of Minors (Labor Code and R.A. No. 7678, R.A. No. 9231)
    L. Househelpers (Labor Code as amended by R.A. No. 7655, An Act Increasing
    the
    Minimum Wage of Househelpers; see also Household Service under the
    Civil Code)
    M. Employment of Homeworkers
    N. Apprentices and Learners
    O. Persons with disability (R.A. No. 7277, as amended by R.A. No. 9442)
    a. Definition
    b. Rights of persons with disability
    c. Prohibition on discrimination against persons with
    disability d. Incentives for employers

    IV. Termination of Employment


    A. Employer-employee relationship
    1. Four-fold test
    2. Kinds of
    employment
    a.
    Probationary
    b. Regular
    c. Project
    employment d.
    Seasonal
    e. Casual
    f. Fixed-term
    3. Job contracting
    a. Articles 106 to 109 of the Labor
    Code b. Department Order No. 18A
    c. Department Circular No. 01-12

    2016 Bar Examination


    Coverage

    Labor Law and Social


    Legislation

    d. Effects of Labor-Only Contracting


    e. Trilateral relationship in job contracting
    B. Dismissal from employment
    1. Just
    Causes
    2. Authorized Causes
    3. Due
    Process
    a) Twin-notice requirement
    b) Hearing; meaning of opportunity to be heard
    C. Reliefs for Illegal Dismissal
    1. Reinstatement
    a. Pending appeal (Art. 223, Labor Code)
    b. Separation pay in lieu of reinstatement
    2.
    Backwages
    a. Computation
    b. Limited backwages
    D. Preventive Suspension
    E. Constructive Dismissal

    V. Management Prerogative
    A. Discipline
    B. Transfer of
    employees
    C. Productivity
    standard
    D. Grant of bonus
    E. Change of working hours
    F. Rules on Marriage between employees of competitor-employers
    G. Post-employment ban; non-compete and confidentiality clauses

    VI. Social Welfare Legislation (P.D. 626)


    A. SSS Law (R.A. No. 8282)
    1. Coverage
    2. Exclusions from coverage
    3. Benefits

    2016 Bar Examination


    Coverage

    Labor Law and Social


    Legislation

    4. Beneficiaries
    B. GSIS Law (R.A. No. 8291)
    1. Coverage
    2. Exclusions from coverage
    3. Benefits
    4. Beneficiaries
    C. Limited Portability Law (R.A. No. 7699)
    D. Employees compensation coverage and when compensable

    VII. Labor Relations Law


    A. Right to self-organization
    1. Who may unionize for purposes of collective bargaining
    a) Who cannot form, join or assist labor organizations
    2. Bargaining unit
    a) Test to determine the constituency of an appropriate
    bargaining unit b) Voluntary recognition
    (i)
    Requirements c)
    Certification election
    (i) In an unorganized establishment
    (ii) In an organized
    establishment d) Run-off election
    (i)
    Requirements e) Rerun election
    f) Consent election
    g) Affiliation and disaffiliation of the local union from the mother
    union
    (i) Substitutionary doctrine
    h) Union dues and special assessments
    (i) Requirements for
    validity i) Agency fees
    (i) Requisites for assessment
    B. Right to collective bargaining
    1. Duty to bargain collectively
    a) When there is absence of a CBA
    b) When there is a CBA
    2. Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)
    a) Mandatory provisions of CBA

    2016 Bar Examination


    Coverage

    Labor Law and Social


    Legislation

    (i) Grievance procedure


    (ii) Voluntary arbitration
    (iii) No strike-no lockout clause
    (iv) Labor management
    council b) Duration
    (i) For economic provisions
    (ii) For non-economic provisions
    (iii) Freedom period
    3. Union Security
    a) Union security clauses; closed shop, union shop,
    maintenance of membership shop, etc.
    b) Check-off; union dues, agency fees
    4. Unfair Labor Practice in collective
    bargaining a) Bargaining in bad
    faith
    b) Refusal to bargain
    c) Individual
    bargaining d) Blue
    sky bargaining e)
    Surface bargaining
    5. Unfair
    a)
    b)
    c)

    Labor Practice (ULP)


    Nature of ULP
    ULP of employers
    ULP of labor organizations

    C. Right to peaceful concerted activities


    1. Forms of concerted activities
    2. Who may declare a strike or lockout?
    3. Requisites for a valid strike
    4. Requisites for a valid lockout
    5. Requisites for lawful picketing
    6. Assumption of jurisdiction by the DOLE Secretary or Certification of
    the labor dispute to the NLRC for compulsory arbitration
    7. Nature of assumption order or certification order
    8. Effect of defiance of assumption or certification orders
    9. Illegal strike
    a) Liability of union officers
    b) Liability of ordinary
    workers c) Liability of
    employer
    d) Waiver of illegality of strike
    10. Injunctions
    a) Requisites for labor
    injunctions b) Innocent
    bystander rule

    2016 Bar Examination


    Coverage

    Labor Law and Social


    Legislation

    VIII. Procedure and Jurisdiction


    A. Labor Arbiter
    1. Jurisdiction
    a) versus Regional
    Director
    2. Reinstatement pending appeal
    3. Requirements to perfect appeal to NLRC
    B. National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC)
    1. Jurisdiction
    2. Effect of NLRC reversal of Labor Arbiters order of reinstatement
    3. Remedies
    4. Certified cases
    C. Bureau of Labor Relations Med-Arbiters
    1. Jurisdiction (original and appellate)
    D. National Conciliation and Mediation Board
    1. Nature of proceedings
    2. Conciliation vs. Mediation
    3. Preventive mediation
    E. DOLE Regional Directors
    1. Jurisdiction
    F. DOLE Secretary
    1. Visitorial and enforcement powers
    2. Power to suspend/effects of termination
    3. Assumption of jurisdiction
    4. Appellate jurisdiction
    5. Voluntary arbitration powers
    G. Grievance Machinery and Voluntary Arbitration
    1. Subject matter of grievance
    2. Voluntary
    Arbitrator a)
    Jurisdiction b)
    Procedure
    c)
    Remedies
    H. Court of Appeals
    1. Rule 65, Rules of Court
    I. Supreme Court
    1. Rule 45, Rules of Court
    J. Prescription of actions

    2016 Bar Examination


    Coverage

    Labor Law and Social


    Legislation

    IMPORTANT NOTES:
    1. This listing of covered topics is not intended and should not be used by the law
    schools as a course outline. This was drawn up for the limited purpose of ensuring
    that Bar candidates are guided on the coverage of the 2016 Bar Examinations.
    2. All Supreme Court decisions - pertinent to a given Bar subject and its listed topics,
    and promulgated up to May 31, 2015 - are examinable materials within the
    coverage of the 2016 Bar Examinations.

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