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Corporate Advantage #3: Business Credibility

When people see your business, is there instant credibility conveyed? Or do you have to work hard, pick yourself up and convince everyone you encounte...

Atty. Erwin Zagala Atty. Erwin Zagala
5 min read
Corporate Advantage # 4: Modular Blocks

Imagine the whole business being made of parts clumped together by a master builder. These blocks are what we call “Shares”. These blocks can be owned...

Atty. Erwin Zagala Atty. Erwin Zagala
2 min read
A 3-Step Test to See if Your Incident Report is Good Enough

When you’re drafting a Notice to Explain, here’s a quick test to see if you’ve done a great job narrating the facts which led to the violation.

Atty. Erwin Zagala Atty. Erwin Zagala
4 min read
How to serve a Notice to Explain properly (Part 1)

You spend so much time drafting the best Notice to Explain. It has all the necessary components and it has an awesome narration. But as a manager, you...

Atty. Erwin Zagala Atty. Erwin Zagala
2 min read
How to serve a Notice to Explain properly (Part 2)

what about scenarios where the employee is nowhere to be found? That’s where this method comes in.

Atty. Erwin Zagala Atty. Erwin Zagala
3 min read
Legal Information vs Legal Advice

What’s the difference between legal information and legal advice? Let’s examine the difference between the two and see which is the better for you.

Atty. Erwin Zagala Atty. Erwin Zagala
1 min read
One more chance for Probationary Employees

You have a probationary employee. You can see that he is really trying his best, but in the evaluation tests, he seems lacking. You can see that he ha...

Atty. Erwin Zagala Atty. Erwin Zagala
2 min read
Everyone’s innocent ’til proven guilty

Why not use the hearing as a chance to show your employees what kind of leader they have? Our criminal laws say that each person is entitled to be pre...

Atty. Erwin Zagala Atty. Erwin Zagala
3 min read
Every Termination Case should have these 3 Essentials

An HR officer told me that one of their terminated employees came up to the HR office. He was asking about that status of his case. Once he was told t...

Atty. Erwin Zagala Atty. Erwin Zagala
1 min read
Policy Drafting: Rule # 2 – Be Relevant

Let’s apply another layer to your policy writing. In addition to being reasonable, it should be relevant as well. Relevant means it is work related. F...

Atty. Erwin Zagala Atty. Erwin Zagala
3 min read
Policy Drafting: Rule # 3 – Be Realistic

This is the last rule I want to share with you as you write your policies. And out of all the 3 rules, this is the most practical of all.

Atty. Erwin Zagala Atty. Erwin Zagala
5 min read
Can I impose Demotion against Guilty Employees?

Can we use demotion in the workplace. Is it allowed under the law? One camp says no because it is a violation of security of tenure. Others say that y...

Atty. Erwin Zagala Atty. Erwin Zagala
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