4 Due Process
4 Due Process
“No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
Meaning: A law which hears before it condemns, which proceeds upon inquiry and renders judgment only after trial
LIFE: Right of an individual to his body and extends to the use of God-given faculties which make life enjoyable
LIBERTY: right to exist and the right to be free from arbitrary personal restraint or servitude
PROPERTY: anything that can come under the right of ownership and be the subject of contract
PROCEDURAL: one which hears before it condemns ; restrictions on actions of judicial and quasi-judicial agencies of
the government
The requisites of Due Process before the NLRC or in labor cases are:
1. Notice; and
2. Hearing