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Practice question: Equal Employment Opportunities (Art. XIII)

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

An employer applies a genuine seniority system that is proved not intended to evade RA10911. A challenger argues every seniority distinction is automatically forbidden merely because years of service may correlate with age. Which is correct?
  1. Section6(b) recognizes the stated bona fide non-evasive seniority-system exception
  2. Every seniority system is categorically void
  3. Calling any rule seniority always validates it without proof
  4. The exception applies only to forged records
  5. The statute requires selecting solely by birth year

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html ArticleXIII Section3.
  • RA10911: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2016/ra_10911_2016.html Sections3–6.

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