Art. 300. Personnel whose services are terminated. Personnel of agencies or
any of their subordinate units whose services are terminated as a result of the
implementation of this Code shall enjoy the rights and protection provided in Sections 5
and 6 of Republic Act numbered fifty-four hundred and thirty five and such other
pertinent laws, rules and regulations. In any case, no lay-off shall be effected until funds
to cover the gratuity and/or retirement benefits of those laid off are duly certified as
available.
Art. 301. Separability provisions. If any provision or part of this Code, or the
application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this
code, or the application of such provision or part to other persons or circumstances,
shall not be affected thereby.
Art. 302. Repealing clause. All labor laws not adopted as part of this Code either
directly or by reference are hereby repealed. All provisions of existing laws, orders,
decrees, rules and regulations inconsistent herewith are likewise repealed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day of May in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy four.