HR, People & Workforce
Modern organizations treat people operations as a strategic function — and we act as its legal engine room. We design and power the entire employee lifecycle for HR teams: recruiting and onboarding without mis-hires turning into exposure, employment contracts and handbooks that hold up at the NLRC, performance and discipline processes that are documented and fair, and restructuring or separation programs executed without a wrongful-dismissal tail. For companies that run on volume — BPO and shared-services operations, retail networks, plants, and field teams — we build the shift patterns, contractor-classification policies, and remote and offshore-work arrangements that hold up under audit. When disputes do arise — DOLE audits, NLRC cases, CBA deadlocks, or executive separations — we litigate them with a track record of wins. Our approach is preventive by default and combative when necessary, and your people team gets cited answers to everyday compliance questions without waiting on us.
Focus areas
- Recruitment, contracting, and onboarding compliance
- Handbooks, policies, and code-of-conduct programs
- Performance management and disciplinary due process
- Redundancy, retrenchment, and executive separation
- BPO, shared-services, and gig/contingent workforce rules
- NLRC, DOLE, and voluntary-arbitration litigation
Insights for hr, people & workforce
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