Practice question
An employer’s employee negligently injures another while acting within assigned tasks. The employer says Article 2180 applies only to profitable business enterprises and never to a household helper’s employer. Which is correct?
- Only corporations can be employers
- Household employment always confers immunity
- The employee must be a shareholder
- The claim is automatically criminal only
- Article 2180 expressly includes employees and household helpers within assigned tasks even when the employer is not engaged in business or industry
Legal references
- Civil Code, Article 2180: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/53360
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