Practice question
A labor statute fixes a mandatory entitlement for covered employees. An agency order replaces it with a smaller entitlement and asserts that administrative convenience justifies the change. An employer follows the order and argues that its later date controls. Assume the conflict is irreconcilable and the statute grants no power to make this reduction. Which is correct?
- Later agency orders invariably override statutes
- Administrative convenience is itself a constitutional amendment
- The statute prevails; delegated implementation cannot authorize this substantive reduction
- The entitlement becomes optional until every employee signs a new contract
- The order controls because it uses the same statutory title
Legal references
- Guagua National Colleges, G.R. 213730, June 23, 2021: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2021/jun2021/gr_213730_2021.html
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