Scaling Philippine companies that move from 10 to 100 employees face a 500 percent surge in HR compliance workload, yet 67 percent attempt to handle payroll, benefits, labor disputes, and government reporting internally before discovering that a single DOLE violation...
Employee terminations in the Philippines frequently escalate into reputational crises, viral social media campaigns, and multimillion-peso illegal dismissal judgments when mishandled. The National Labor Relations Commission recorded 42,000 labor cases in 2025—many...
Philippine companies scaling from 20 to 200 employees often reach an HR inflection point, where payroll errors, DOLE complaints, and benefits administration consume management bandwidth that should be allocated to fuel revenue growth. However, building an in-house...
Philippine companies face a relentless tide of labor regulation changes—from Department of Labor and Employment wage orders to Bureau of Internal Revenue contribution adjustments—that demand constant vigilance to avoid fines of up to PHP 1 million per violation under...
Companies expanding into the Philippines increasingly rely on Employer of Record services to hire local talent without establishing a local legal entity; yet, selecting the wrong provider can expose firms to compliance failures, hidden costs, and operational...