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THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
ANNOTATED Volume I
LABOR STANDARDS AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION
[Articles 1 to 210, Labor Code]

By

Practising Lawyer, Professor of Law and Bar Reviewer

JOSELITO GUIANAN CHAN

Second Edition, 2009
Revised and Enlarged

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© Philippine Copyright 1997 and 2009 By JOSELITO GUIANAN CHAN Second Edition, 2009 Revised and Enlarged

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Republic of the Philippines SENATE Manila BLAS F. OPLE
Senator

FOREWORD
Since the labor laws of the country were codified in the Seventies during my incumbency as Labor Secretary, the Labor Code has undergone a series of revisions both by acts of the legislature and by executive fiat. Taken with the numerous labor and social legislations bearing upon the field of labor and employment as well as the myriad rules implementing the Labor Code and related laws, the subject could be utterly confusing and rather complicated. Through the years, it has been noted that only very few... [continues]

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