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

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Practice question

A policy document guarantees workers a living wage but claims ArticleXIII itself supplies one fixed peso amount for every job and region. Which is correct?
  1. The constitutional entitlement does not itself state that universal numerical amount
  2. The Constitution fixes every hourly rate in pesos
  3. Living wage means any amount the employer unilaterally chooses
  4. The constitutional entitlement forbids wage legislation
  5. The phrase erases every statutory wage rule

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html ArticleXIII Section3; ArticleIXB Section2(5).
  • SSS Employees Association v Court of Appeals GR85279 July28,1989 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1989/jul1989/gr_85279_1989.html Government self-organization distinguished from strike.

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