Practice question
An employee invokes social justice as the sole reason to disregard a clearly applicable legal rule, without establishing any exception or entitlement. What is the proper response?
- Every legal rule vanishes when labor invokes the Constitution
- The employer automatically wins all other disputes too
- The claim must still be resolved under applicable law and facts; social justice is not an automatic substitute
- The employee is forbidden to cite constitutional policies
- All worker-protection laws are invalid
Legal references
- Zambrano, G.R. 224099, June 21, 2017: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2017/jun2017/gr_224099_2017.html
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