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Construction of Labor Legislation (Civil Code, Art. 1702)
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- Under Civil Code Article 1702, what triggers its favorable-construction rule?
- Which instruments are expressly covered by Article 1702?
- Article 1702 directs construction in favor of what interests of the laborer?
- A labor contract has two reasonable readings of an undefined allowance term. One supports the worker's decent living, a…
- A lawful labor provision clearly states the applicable benefit formula. An employee requests a different formula solely…
- An adjudicator dismisses a worker's claim by announcing that favorable construction can never apply to contracts becaus…
- A tribunal says doubts reasonably arising from evidence can never favor labor, because only statutory ambiguity matters…
- Distinguish applying a clear labor provision from resolving a genuine ambiguity under Article 1702.
- A lawyer says Article 1702 applies only to statutes and cannot guide interpretation of an ambiguous employment contract…
- Reconcile Masing's favorable resolution of doubts reasonably arising from evidence with Simon's requirement that an emp…
- Does Article 1702 require humane interpretation of labor contracts where doubt genuinely exists?
- Does Article 1702 make worker safety an expressly identified interpretive interest?