Practice question
A contractor holds a valid registration but admits cutting workers’ benefits because they filed wage complaints. A verified complaint seeks cancellation on a relevant violation ground. The contractor claims registration makes retaliation lawful and that cancellation may occur only by punishing it without any opportunity to answer. Which response is correct?
- Both claims are correct
- Registration does not authorize retaliation, and cancellation must follow the due-process framework in sections 23–24
- Registration authorizes retaliation whenever the principal approves
- A verified complaint automatically cancels registration with no further procedure
- No contracting rule applies once any wage complaint is filed
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(e), 23–24, and 27, organizing rights, cancellation due process, and retaliatory measures.
- https://www.scribd.com/document/768934000/Department-Order-No-174-Series-of-2017 — mirrored issued DO 174-17 text, sections 10, 23–24, and 27.
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/90581 — EO 51, s. 2018, section 2, protection against contracting that circumvents organizing and other protected rights.
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html — Labor Code, Article 118, retaliatory measures.
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