In the Philippines, companies must provide employees with various forms of compensation upon separation from the company, depending on the circumstances surrounding the end of employment. Two common types of payments are separation pay and final pay, each of which serves a different purpose and has...
The Court of Appeals has reversed the decision of the Secretary of Labor that granted separation benefits to the employees of Unocal Philippines, Inc (UPI), a geothermal energy firm, ruling that they were "impliedly terminated" because of the merger of UPI's parent company, Unocal Corp. and...