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Practice question: Labor as Primary Social Economic Force (Art. II)

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Practice question

A labor-policy officer reads ArticleII Section18 as forbidding any incentive for private enterprises to create productive work. The officer proposes excluding such incentives solely because enterprise is private. Which constitutional reconciliation is correct?
  1. Section18’s labor recognition coexists with Section20’s enterprise and needed-investment policy
  2. Labor recognition constitutionally requires every employer to be State-owned
  3. Private status alone makes all employment incentives unconstitutional
  4. The State has no role in labor welfare if enterprise is private
  5. Section20 repeals every protection for workers

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html ArticleII Sections18,20; ArticleXII Sections12,14–15.

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