Civil Code Art. 1700: Work and Labor

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1700
Topic: Work and Labor
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE VIII LEASE
Chapter: CHAPTER 3 Work and Labor
Year: 1949

The provision

The relations between capital and labor are not merely contractual. They are so impressed with public interest that labor contracts must yield to the common good. Therefore, such contracts are subject to the special laws on labor unions, collective bargaining, strikes and lockouts, closed shop, wages, working conditions, hours of labor and similar subjects.

Note on current application: the primary law governing labor relations is the Labor Code (Presidential Decree No. 442); this Civil Code provision applies supplementarily.

Cases applying this article

Domingo Bearneza v. Balbino Dequilla G.R. No. 17024
Florencio B. Nedira v. Nj World Corporation G.R. No. 240005
Joint Ship Manning Group v. Social Security System G.R. No. 247471

Related provisions in this Chapter

Civil Code, Art. 1702 Work and Labor
Civil Code, Art. 1704 Work and Labor
Civil Code, Art. 1706 Work and Labor
Civil Code, Art. 1709 Work and Labor
Civil Code, Art. 1711 Work and Labor

Civil Code, Art. 1700 is found in CHAPTER 3 Work and Labor of TITLE VIII LEASE of BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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