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Can employees demand Christmas bonus from their employers?

Generally speaking, Christmas bonuses are not a demandable and enforceable employer obligation because it is not mandated by law. There is, however, an exception to this general rule. Read more

Can email and FB posts be used as evidence?

The Internet and social networking have changed the way information is shared, gathered and kept. A reader asks, "Can Facebook posts and Yahoo! e-mails be offered in court as evidence to prove my husband's infidelity?" Read more

How to stop ex-husband's harassment

There are legal recourses that abused women can take, not only to protect her life and her interests, but also to ensure that such abusive acts do not go unpunished. Read more

Seeking support from a husband abroad

A letter sender asks HerWord the legal rights of her sister whose husband went to the US supposedly to seek for greener pasture but ended up abandoning his family here and marrying another woman there. Read more

Domestic Violence and the Divorce Bill: A Commentary

The Divorce Bill, if enacted into law, will provide a way out for women who are trapped in physically violent and abusive marriages. Read more

Divorce Bill Primer

Atty. Allen Liberato examines what the proposed bill is all about against existing laws, legal doctrines and jurisprudence. Read more

Mutual help and support

The Family Code of the Philippines provides for the rights and obligations of husbands and wives. Read more

Pre-nuptial agreements: Should you or should you not?

In the Philippines, pre-nuptial agreements are not as popular as they are in the U.S. Read more

Making sense of the RH Bill

There have been so many talks, arguments and disagreements over the RH Bill since last year. Unfortunately, much of the discord surrounding it is caused by the fact that many of us have not actually read the bill and do not actually know what it contains. Read more

Women's protection from modern forms of abuses

Today, the world celebrates International Women's Day. This is also a good time to celebrate the many victories that women have achieved and the positive changes that have been affected for women's protection like the recent landmark Supreme Court Decision on Violence Against Women. Read more

Where is woman under taxation?

BusinessWorld columnist Catherine Manahan brings up and reexamines the discriminatory features of the Tax Code. Read more

Legal separation for mixed marriage

A HerWord reader who is a U.S. citizen asks Her Rights columnist Atty. Allen Liberato on the easiest way of legally separating her Filipino husband whom she married in the Philippines. Read more

To donate or to sell?

Donation and sale are two of several modes of transferring and acquiring ownership over property. Read more

Working moms can spend more time with their babies

Here's what working mothers who have resolved to spend more time with their babies in 2011 can look forward to: support from the law. Read more

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