MENTOR. Head coach Tab Baldwin of the Ateneo Blue Eagles during the UAAP Season 88 men's basketball tournament.
(1st UPDATE) Ateneo lawyers representing university president Fr. Roberto Yap says Tab Baldwin worked as the Blue Eagles' head coach under a consultancy agreement and not an employment contract
MANILA, Philippines — The Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) said there was no employer-employee relationship between the school and Tab Baldwin as the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) continues to determine whether the former Blue Eagles head coach violated laws, rules, and regulations governing the employment of foreign nationals in the country.
Representing Ateneo president Fr. Roberto Yap in a clarificatory hearing before the DOLE on Thursday, July 9, lawyers Krisha Santos and Philippe Quimbo said the university contracted Baldwin — a dual citizen of the United States and New Zealand — as a consultant.
“In an employer-employee relationship, the employer has the power to control the means and methods of the employee’s work. On the other hand, a consultant like coach Baldwin is a specialist and he has the discretion to perform the work in a manner that he sees fit,” said Santos.
