SyCipLaw’s Employment and Immigration Department has prepared BULLETS: Bulletin on Employment Trends for October 2026.
The bulletin covers the following employment developments:
- Do labor tribunals have jurisdiction over an employer’s claim for reimbursement of training expenses following an employee’s premature resignation?
- Do repeated unauthorized absences automatically justify dismissal for abandonment, and does a finding of illegal dismissal always result in backwages?
Please read the full text here or via this link.
This bulletin was prepared by Emmar Benjoe B. Panahon, Partner and a member of SyCipLaw’s Employment and Immigration Department, with the assistance of Associates Louis M. Espinoza and Joshua P. Gemperoso.

For further information, please contact:
Emmar Benjoe B. Panahon, Partner , SyCipLaw




