Ateneo to DOLE: No employer-employee relations with Tab Baldwin
Ateneo de Manila University is arguing before the Department of Labor and Employment that former basketball coach Tab Baldwin was a consultant rather than an employee. The hearing aims to determine if Baldwin was required to hold an alien employment permit.
Why it matters
The case sets a precedent for how universities classify high-profile foreign consultants versus employees in the Philippine labor market.
MANILA, Philippines - Ateneo de Manila University told the Department of Labor and Employment that former men's basketball coach Tab Baldwin was a consultant, not an employee, as the agency weighs whether he was required to secure an alien employment permit.
Ateneo's lawyers, Krisha Santos and Philippe Quimbo, made the position during a clarificatory hearing before DOLE on Thursday, July 9. The hearing was held to determine Baldwin's employment status and whether he needed an alien employment permit, or AEP.
Ateneo submitted to the panel led by Labor Secretary Francis Tolentino a document dated September 2025, which its lawyers said was the last consultancy agreement between Baldwin and the university.
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