Termination of Employment For Health Reasons (Disease) : Employer Employee Art. 284, LC
Termination of Employment For Health Reasons (Disease) : Employer Employee Art. 284, LC
Termination of Employment For Health Reasons (Disease) : Employer Employee Art. 284, LC
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The disease is of such nature and at such a stage that it cannot be cured
within a period of six months even with proper medical treatment. (Sec. 8, Title I,
Bk. VI, IRR)
Certification from public health authority required
Certification by competent public health authority that the disease is of such nature
and of at such a stage that it cannot be cured within a period of six months even
with proper medical treatment.
Right to reinstatement if disease is curable with six months
If the disease or ailment can be cured within six months, the employer shall not
terminate the employee but shall ask the employee to take a leave of absence.
The employee is entitled to be reinstated to his former position immediately upon
the restoration of his normal health. (ibid.)
Disability distinguished from Disease
Disability should not be confused with disease. Disability itself, even if permanent,
is not a ground for termination. The Magna Carta for Disabled Persons prohibits the
termination of a disabled employee based on disability alone. This constitutes act of
The requirement for a medical certificate under Article 284 of the Labor Code
cannot be dispensed with; otherwise, it would sanction the unilateral and arbitrary
determination by the employer of the gravity or extent of the employees illness
and thus defeat the public policy in the protection of labor. (Sy vs. Court of Appeals,
G.R. No. 142293 February 27, 2003)