The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled in favor of Herma Shipyard Incorporated in a labor case involving the regularization of its “project-based employees.” ... It added that the necessity of the work rendered does not automatically imply regularization and impair the validity of a contract for project-based employment.

Can a project-based employee be considered regular?

a) Project employees whose aggregate period of continuous employment in a construction company is at least one year shall be considered regular employees, in the absence of a "day certain" agreed upon by the parties for the termination of their relationship. ... Completion of the project.

What is a project-based employment?

A project-based employee, as the name says, is given a specific project or undertaking with. an agreed timeframe. Kind of Work. Essential and always necessary to the business or employer. Work that is outside of the usual tasks that are necessary for the business or employer and.