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The Nexus Between Labor Laws and Workers Cooperative
The Philippine Constitution considers marriage as an inviolable social institution impressed with public interest. Therefore, the State is mandated to preserve and protect it against any and all forms of discrimination.

13th Month Pay
By virtue of Presidential Decree No. 851, the 13th month pay during the martial law era was given only to employees receiving a monthly salary of not more than P1,000. However, in 1989 former Pres. Corason Aquino issued Memorandum Order No. 28n declaring that all rank and file employees regardless of status , who have worked for at least (1) month are entitled to receive 13th month pay.

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