Practice question
An adjudicator dismisses a worker's claim by announcing that favorable construction can never apply to contracts because Article 4 mentions the Labor Code. The allowance clause is genuinely ambiguous, and one reasonable reading supports decent living without violating law. What is the strongest correction?
- Article 4 eliminates Article 1702.
- Contract ambiguity must always favor management.
- All contract benefits must be doubled.
- Article 1702 separately extends protective construction to labor contracts; the adjudicator must address the genuine ambiguity.
- Every contractual dispute must be resolved without examining text.
Legal references
- Civil Code Article 1702: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- Leoncio v MST Marine Services, G.R. 230357, December 6, 2017, main opinion: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2017/dec2017/gr_230357_2017.html
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