Former Ateneo men’s basketball coach Tab Baldwin and Ateneo de Manila University were ordered to jointly and solidarily pay P4.9 million for his failure to secure the required certificate of exemption while working for the university.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) also imposed separate P10,000 fines on Baldwin for working without a valid Alien Employment Permit (AEP) and on Ateneo for employing him without the required permit.
The P4.9-million penalty covered 490 days from Feb. 10, 2025 until Baldwin’s resignation on June 15, 2026, with DOLE imposing P10,000 for each day he rendered services without the required certificate of exemption under Department Order No. 248-25.
The separate AEP violations covered Baldwin’s employment with Ateneo from Dec. 1, 2015 to Sept. 28, 2016, when he worked for at least nine months without a valid permit.
Labor Secretary Francis N. Tolentino also referred Baldwin’s case to the Bureau of Immigration for summary deportation proceedings, without prejudice to civil, administrative or criminal complaints pending before other investigative agencies or the courts.