Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE)

January 20, 2023 Dear Jamie Cerdon, Thank you for your request dated Jan 20, 2023 11:39:01 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for RESIGNATION WHILE ON PREVENTIVE SUSPENSION. Suspension is among the step taken in employee discipline, as punishment for some major offenses. Suspension may be for a certain period ranging from one to several days. During the suspension period, the principle of “no work, no pay” applies, and thus the employee concerned does not receive his wage for each and every day he is suspended. As a general rule, employers cannot prevent workers on preventive suspension from resigning. However, this is subject to clearance and 30-day notice, This is to afford employers, enough time to hire another employee if needed and to see to it that there is proper turn-over of the tasks which the resigning employee may be handling. We hope that we have clarified your concerns. For further queries, you may reach us through the DOLE Hotline: 1349 Help us to continuously improve our FOI Program Implementation by accomplishing the DOLE-FOI Request Feedback Form through this link: bit.ly/DOLE-FOIFeedbackForm Thank you. Respectfully, Mark Valeros FOI Receiving Officer