Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the course, participants are expected to:

• Describe laws pertaining to employment relationship and contracting arrangements, labor standards and employee benefits, labor relations law, and termination of employment and basic dispute settlement

• Apply their knowledge of these laws in private sector management and human resource management 

• Articulate the need for labor law compliance in order to achieve industrial peace and harmony.

Session 1: Employment Relationship and Contracting Arrangements (3 hours)

• State Policies on Labor and Management

• Application of Labor Laws

• Determination of Employment Relationship

• Contracting Arrangements

• Classes of Employees

Session 2: Labor Standards and Employee Benefits [Part 1] (3 hours)

• Wages and Statutory Benefits

• Management Prerogative

• Working Conditions

• Rest Periods and Holidays

• Employment of Women, Minors, Night Workers, and Persons with Disabilities

Session 3: Labor Standards and Employee Benefits [Part 2] and Labor Relations Law (3 hours)

• Employees Compensation Program and Social Welfare Benefits

• Occupational Safety and Health

• Right to Self-organization and Unionism

• Collective Bargaining Agreements

• Strikes, Lockouts, and other Concerted Activities

Session 4: Termination of Employment and Basic Dispute Settlement (3 hours)

• Just and Authorized Causes for Termination

• Procedural Due Process in Termination Disputes

• Resignation and Constructive Dismissal

• Preventive Suspension and Suspension

• Retirement

• Reliefs for Illegal Dismissal

• Single-entry Approach (SENA)

• Jurisdiction: Department of Labor and Employment, Labor Arbiters, Voluntary Arbitrators, National Labor Relations Commission

Atty. Ryan Quan is a full-time faculty member at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law, where he teaches human rights law, labor law, and related courses, and serves as a bar reviewer in labor law and social legislation. He is also coordinator of the Graduate Legal Studies Institute, helping administer the International Master of Laws program and spearheading academic linkages with partner institutions. 

Beyond his work in academia, he has contributed significantly to research and advocacy on human rights, gender, labor, and climate change. He has served as a legal specialist at the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines and as director of the Ateneo Human Rights Center Internship Program, mentoring law students and advancing human rights advocacy. As an independent consultant and researcher, he has worked with international organizations such as the International Development Law Organization, Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, and the United Nations, producing studies and facilitating trainings on gender, climate change, and access to justice.

He is the author of the four-volume series Not to BeLABOR the Point: Cases on Labor Law, published by Rex Book Store, as well as numerous book chapters and articles on human rights, labor, climate justice, indigenous peoples’ rights, and development issues, with several works published internationally by Routledge, Edward Elgar, and ASEAN University Network. His chapter on internal displacement after Typhoon Haiyan was recognized as the Scholarly Work with Most Social Impact (Professional Schools) at the Ateneo de Manila University Scholarly Work Awards 2021.

Atty. Quan earned his Master of Laws in International Human Rights Law, summa cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame Law School as a scholar of its Center for Civil and Human Rights. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law and dual bachelor’s degrees in Development Studies and Legal Management from De La Salle University, where he graduated with leadership awards.