Supreme Court Ph Podcast

With the Judiciary’s latest reforms and renewed ethical commitment by Judiciary, how does the 2025 Code of Judicial Conduct and Accountability balance judges’ and justices’ personal freedom with the responsibility to uphold integrity and maintain public trust in today’s era of social media, artificial intelligence, and heightened public scrutiny?

Listen to the #SupremeCourtPH Podcast with guest Atty. Joan S. Largo, a Member of the Judicial and Philosophy Department of the Philippine Judicial Academy and of the Supreme Court Technical Working Group that drafted The 2025 Code of Judicial Conduct and Accountability. She served as the Bar Examiner in Remedial Law in the 2020/21 Bar Examinations and in Civil Law for the 2023 Bar Examinations. She is currently the Vice President for Administration of the University San Carlos and the long-serving former dean of USC’s School of Law and Governance in Cebu. She is the first woman to serve as USC’s Vice President.

Supreme Court Chief Communications Officer Atty. Mike Navallo and Atty. Largo discuss the 2025 Code of Judicial Conduct and Accountability, the updated version of the 2004 Code of Judicial Conduct, which governs the conduct of all Justices and judges.

In a contracting arrangement, how do we determine who the true employer is?

Listen to the #SupremeCourtPH Podcast with guest Atty. Marlon J. Manuel, a Labor Law examiner for the 2022 Bar Examinations and a faculty member of the Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) School of Law, teaching Labor Law. He is also a Bar Review and Mandatory Continuing Legal Education lecturer at AdMU and previously served as Coordinator of the Alternative Law Groups from 2008-2017.

Supreme Court Chief Communications Officer Atty. Mike Navallo and Atty. Manuel discuss contracting agreements within the context of the case of Delera and Quiling v. Philippine Foremost Milling, Corp., Amigo Logistics Corp., MMA Competent Manpower & General Services, Inc., G.R. No. 258481. This Decision was promulgated by the Supreme Court Third Division on November 10, 2025.

In the context of media workers, how does the Court determine whether workers are regular employees or independent contractors? Can workers engaged under Talent Agreements still be considered regular employees?

Listen to the #SupremeCourtPH Podcast with guest Atty. Marlon J. Manuel, a Labor Law examiner for the 2022 Bar Examinations and a faculty member of the Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) School of Law, teaching Labor Law. He is also a Bar Review and Mandatory Continuing Legal Education lecturer at AdMU and previously served as Coordinator of the Alternative Law Groups from 2008-2017.

Supreme Court Chief Communications Officer Atty. Mike Navallo and Atty. Manuel discuss regular employees, independent contractors, and talent agreements within the context of the consolidated cases of GMA Network, Inc v. Cabaluna, G.R. No. 250673, and GMA Network, Inc. v. Cabaluna, et al., G.R. No. 254711. This resolution was promulgated by the Court’s Third Division on July 16, 2025.

Does entitlement to overtime pay extend to security guards under a ‘broken period’ scheme when their designated rest intervals are too brief to allow practical personal use?

Listen to the #SupremeCourtPH Podcast with guest Atty. Evelyn (Leo) D. Battad, a member of the Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Department of the Philippine Judicial Academy. She also teaches the same subject at the University of the Philippines Graduate School of Law. A human rights advocate, Attorney Battad is also an associate professor at the UP College of Law, where she teaches labor and social legislation, among others.

Supreme Court Chief Communications Officer Atty. Mike Navallo and Atty. Battad discuss the payment of overtime wages within the context of the case of Lorenzo D. Cambila Jr. and Albajar S. Samad v. Seabren Security Agency and Elizabeth S. Dureza, G.R. No. 261716. This Decision was penned by Justice Henri Jean Paul B. Inting and promulgated by the Supreme Court Third Division on October 21, 2024.

What are the effects of accepting a formal job offer? Does an employer-employee relationship commence once a formal job offer is accepted and signed?

Listen to the #SupremeCourtPH Podcast with guest Atty. E. (Leo) D. Battad, a member of the Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Department of the Philippine Judicial Academy. She also teaches the same subject at the University of the Philippines Graduate School of Law. A human rights advocate, Attorney Battad is also an associate professor at the UP College of Law, where she teaches labor and social legislation, among others.

Supreme Court Chief Communications Officer Atty. Mike Navallo and Atty. Battad discuss what happens when a job offer is accepted, and the implications for employer-employee relationship within the context of the case of Paolo Aragones v. Alltech Biotechnology Corporation, et al., GR No. 251736. This decision was penned by Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin S. Caguioa and promulgated by the Supreme Court Third Division on April 2, 2025.