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Practice question: Full Protection to Labor (Art. XIII)

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

A manufacturer invokes investment protection to deny any worker consultation concerning changes in benefits. Its union responds that constitutional protection entitles it to dictate all production decisions. Which assessment best reconciles Article XIII Section 3?
  1. The employer may ignore every labor right to preserve returns.
  2. The union acquires complete managerial control.
  3. Both claims are overbroad: lawful worker participation and labor rights coexist with reasonable enterprise returns and growth.
  4. The Constitution requires nationalization whenever benefits change.
  5. Courts must guarantee equal profits to every employee.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution Article XIII Section 3: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html

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