Labor Code · Wages · Chapter III – Payment of Wages
Attorney's Fees
(a) In cases of unlawful withholding of wages, the culpable party may be assessed attorney’s fees equivalent to ten percent of the amount of wages recovered.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to demand or accept, in any judicial or administrative proceedings for the recovery of wages, attorney’s fees which exceed ten percent of the amount of wages recovered.
See also R.A. No. 10706 (2015), “Seafarers Protection Act,” which protects seafarers against ambulance chasing and imposition of excessive fines, thereby limiting such fees to ten percent (10%) of the compensation or benefit awarded to the seafarer or his/her heirs.
Text and numbering follow the Department of Labor and Employment's 2022 edition of Presidential Decree No. 442, as amended and renumbered under DOLE Department Advisory No. 01, series of 2015. Former article numbers are shown in brackets. Notes are DOLE's editorial notes. Amendments after that edition are not included. For information and research only, and not legal advice. For certified copies, refer to the Official Gazette or the issuing agency.