Taxation

Article 3 - Declaration of Basic Policy

The State shall afford protection to labor, promote full employment, ensure equal work opportunities regardless of sex, race or creed, and regulate the relations between workers and employers. The State shall assure the rights of workers to self-organization, collective bargaining, security of tenure, and just and humane conditions of work.

Article 4 - Construction in Favor of Labor

All doubts in the implementation and interpretation of the provisions of this Code, including its implementing rules and regulations, shall be resolved in favor of labor.

Article 6 - Applicability

All rights and benefits granted to workers under this Code shall, except as may otherwise be provided herein, apply alike to all workers, whether agricultural or non-agricultural.

Article 2, Section 10 - Declaration of Principles and State Policies Principles

The State shall promote social justice in all phases of national development

Article 2, Section 18 - Declaration of Principles and State Policies Principles

The State affirms labor as a primary social economic force. It shall protect the rights of workers and promote their welfare.

Article 2, Section 19 - Declaration of Principles and State Policies Principles

The State shall develop a self-reliant and independent national economy effectively controlled by Filipinos

Article 8, Section 3 - Social Justice and Human Rights

The State shall afford full protection to labor, local and overseas, organized and unorganized, and promote full employment and equality of employment opportunities for all.

It shall guarantee the rights of all workers to self-organization, collective bargaining and negotiations, and peaceful concerted activities, including the right to strike in accordance with law. They shall be entitled to security of tenure, humane conditions of work, and a living wage. They shall also participate in policy and decision-making processes affecting their rights and benefits as may be provided by law.

The State shall promote the principle of shared responsibility between workers and employers and the preferential use of voluntary modes in settling disputes, including conciliation, and shall enforce their mutual compliance therewith to foster industrial peace.

The State shall regulate the relations between workers and employers, recognizing the right of labor to its just share in the fruits of production and the right of enterprises to reasonable returns on investments, and to expansion and growth.

Article 8, Section 14 - Social Justice and Human Rights

The State shall protect working women by providing safe and healthful working conditions, taking into account their maternal functions, and such facilities and opportunities that will enhance their welfare and enable them to realize their full potential in the service of the nation.

Article 3 Section 1 - Bill of Rights

No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws.

Article 3, Section 10 - Bill of Rights

No law impairing the obligation of contracts shall be passed.

Article 3, Section 4 - Bill of Rights

No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech, of expression, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances.

Article 3, Section 8 - Bill of Rights

The right of the people, including those employed in the public and private sectors, to form unions, associations, or societies for purposes not contrary to law shall not be abridged.

Article 3, Section 18 (2)

1. No person shall be detained solely by reason of his political beliefs and aspirations.

2. No involuntary servitude in any form shall exist except as a punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.