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Practice question: Trilateral Relationship

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Practice question

Does expiration of the principal’s service agreement itself constitute termination of the contractor’s regular employees under DO174 Section13?
  1. No
  2. Yes; it always ends every regular employee’s tenure
  3. Yes; regularity exists only at one client’s discretion
  4. Yes; no lawful termination ground is ever needed afterward
  5. Yes; a commercial expiry erases all accrued benefits

Legal references

  • DOLE Department Order174-2017: https://www.ble.dole.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DO-174-17-Rules-Implementing-Articles-106-to-109-of-the-Labor-Code-As-Amended1.pdf Sections11–13, two contracts and security of tenure.

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