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13th-Month Pay

What you are owed by 24 December, including partial years and unpaid leave.

PD 851

Separation Pay

Redundancy, retrenchment, closure or health grounds — each carries a different rate.

Labor Code, Arts. 298–299

Step-by-step guides

Being dismissed: the Twin-Notice Rule

The two written notices and the hearing an employer must give before dismissing you for cause.

Labor Code, Art. 297; Omnibus Rules, Book VI

Eviction: unlawful detainer vs. forcible entry

Which case applies, the barangay step that comes first, and the one-year clock that decides both.

Rules of Court, Rule 70; RA 7160 (Katarungang Pambarangay)

Protection orders under RA 9262

The three kinds of protection order, who issues each, how long each lasts, and how fast you can get one.

RA 9262 (Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act)

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