Practice question
Under DO 174-17 section 13, what is the effect of the mere expiration of a service agreement on the contractor’s regular employees?
- It automatically ends every regular employee’s employment
- It is not by itself deemed termination of their employment
- It automatically makes all of them employees of the next contractor
- It eliminates all accrued wages
- It automatically converts every employee into an independent business
Legal references
- https://www.dole.gov.ph/php_assets/uploads/2017/07/DO-174-17-Rules-Implementing-Articles-106-to-109-of-the-Labor-Code-As-Amended1.pdf — DO 174-17, sections 10–13, employee rights, required contracts, and effect of termination.
- https://www.scribd.com/document/768934000/Department-Order-No-174-Series-of-2017 — mirrored issued DO 174-17 text, section 13.
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/90581 — EO 51, s. 2018, section 2, security of tenure and due process.
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/10/71535 — DO 147-15, Rule I-A, application of just and authorized causes under Articles 297–299.
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