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Practice question: Security of Tenure (Art. XIII)

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Do probationary employees entirely lack constitutional security of tenure?
  1. No; Aliling recognizes their protection
  2. Yes; every probationer may be dismissed for any reason
  3. Yes; the word probation erases all law
  4. Yes; only union officers have tenure
  5. Yes; salary payment removes protection

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html ArticleXIII Section3.
  • Aliling v Feliciano GR185829 April25,2012 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2012/apr2012/gr_185829_2012.html Probationary tenure and standards at engagement.
  • Agabon v NLRC GR158693 November17,2004 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2004/nov2004/gr_158693_2004.html Valid just cause distinguished from procedural violation.

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