Practice question
A regular employee claims that her long service prevents dismissal even if a lawful cause is proven. Her employer answers that management prerogative allows dismissal without any recognized ground. Assuming no special statutory exception, which statement correctly identifies both errors?
- Long service and management prerogative each create absolute rights.
- Only the employee is mistaken; dismissal is at will.
- Tenure permits termination for lawful grounds and requires applicable procedural compliance; neither position is absolute.
- Only the employer is mistaken; regular employees can never be dismissed.
- Constitutional tenure applies only if the parties put it in a contract.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution Article XIII Section 3: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Labor Code Article 294 [279], official DOLE renumbered edition: https://dole.gov.ph/book-6-post-employment/
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