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Practice question: Fourfold Test

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

May Article 295’s regular-versus-casual classification simply replace the threshold inquiry whether an employment relationship exists?
  1. Yes, work duration alone decides every relationship
  2. No
  3. Yes, regularization rules apply before any relationship need be shown
  4. Yes, every necessary service creates employment automatically
  5. Yes, all paid services are regular employment

Legal references

  • Hacienda San Isidro/Silos Farms v. Villaruel, G.R. No. 220087, August 11, 2025, controlling MAIN resolution on reconsideration: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/aug2025/gr_220087_2025.html
  • DOLE Department Order No. 147-15, Rule I-A, Sections 2-3, official text reproduced in signed-order PDF: https://www.pasei.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/DOLE-Department-Order-No.-147-15-s2015.pdf

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