Bill Type
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Long Title
AN ACT MAINTAINING THE PRESENT PROVISION ON PROBATIONARY EMPLOYMENT INCREASING AT THE SAME TIME THE GOVERNMENT'S PROTECTION TO PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ARTICLE 281 OF THE LABOR CODE
Date filed
July 12, 2001
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 1009, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT MAINTAINING THE PRESENT PROVISION ON PROBATIONARY EMPLOYMENT INCREASING AT THE SAME TIME THE GOVERNMENT'S PROTECTION TO PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ARTICLE 281 OF THE LABOR CODE | |
| ABSTRACT : Probationary employment shall not exceed six months from the date the employees started working, unless it is covered by an apprenticeship agreement stipulating a longer period. The services of an employee who has been engaged on a probationary basis may be terminated for a just cause or when he fails to qualify as a regular employee in accordance with reasonable standards made known by the employer to the employee at the time of his engagement. An employee who is allowed to work after a probationary period whether broken or not shall be considered a regular employee. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ESPINA, GERARDO S. | |
| DATE FILED : 2001-07-12 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Monfort (093 ) | 2. Lobregat (003 ) |
| 3. Suplico (003 ) | 4. Almario (003 ) |
| 5. Ancheta (003 ) | 6. Apostol (003 ) |
| 7. Baterina (003 ) | 8. Beltran (003 ) |
| 9. Biazon (003 ) | 10. Cagas (003 ) |
| 11. Calalay (003 ) | 12. Calizo (003 ) |
| 13. Chatto (003 ) | 14. Clarete (003 ) |
| 15. Cruz-ducut (003 ) | 16. Dangwa (003 ) |
| 17. De Guzman (003 ) | 18. Defensor (003 ) |
| 19. Del Mar (003 ) | 20. Dilangalen (003 ) |
| 21. Domogan (003 ) | 22. Duavit (003 ) |
| 23. Ecleo (003 ) | 24. Enrile (003 ) |
| 25. Erice (003 ) | 26. Escudero (003 ) |
| 27. Espinosa (003 ) | 28. Failon (003 ) |
| 29. Falcon (003 ) | 30. Fuentebella (003 ) |
| 31. Garcia (003 ) | 32. Garin (003 ) |
| 33. Javier (003 ) | 34. Kintanar (003 ) |
| 35. Leviste (003 ) | 36. Mitra (003 ) |
| 37. Ocampo (003 ) | 38. Puentebella (003 ) |
| 39. Ramirez-sato (003 ) | 40. Real (003 ) |
| 41. Remulla (003 ) | 42. Rosales (003 ) |
| 43. San Juan (003 ) | 44. Suarez (003 ) |
| 45. Syjuco (003 ) | 46. Taganas Layus (003 ) |
| 47. Torres (003 ) | 48. Umali (003 ) |
| 49. Villanueva (003 ) | 50. Zubiri (003 ) |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 00382 | |
| SUBMITTED ON 2002-04-23 | |
| SUBMITTED BY: LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT | |
| RECOMMENDATIONS: approval with amendment | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ON 2001-07-25 | |
| DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2002-04-29 | |
| DATE CALENDARED : 2002-04-30 | |
| SECOND READING INFORMATION | |
| PERIOD OF SPONSORSHIP : 2002-07-24 | |
| PERIOD OF COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS : 2002-07-24 | |
| DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2002-07-24 | |
| REMARKS : The Body approved to consider the Explanatory Note of the Bill as the sponsorship remarks. | |
| THIRD READING INFORMATION | |
| DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2002-08-05 | |
| DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2002-09-03 | |
| HOUSE VOTES: YEAS:142 NAYS:0 ABSTAIN:.0 | |
| DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE: 2002-09-03 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE | |
| DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE: 2002-09-03 |
Abstract
Probationary employment shall not exceed six months from the date the employees started working, unless it is covered by an apprenticeship agreement stipulating a longer period. The services of an employee who has been engaged on a probationary basis may be terminated for a just cause or when he fails to qualify as a regular employee in accordance with reasonable standards made known by the employer to the employee at the time of his engagement. An employee who is allowed to work after a probationary period whether broken or not shall be considered a regular employee.
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