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EPISODE 122: Beyond Talent Agreements: Claiming the Rights of Regular Employees

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Episode EPISODE 122: Beyond Talent Agreements: Claiming the Rights of Regular Employees

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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.

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