Practice question
A genuine fixed-term employee has eight months left in the stipulated term. The employer removes the employee without any established lawful basis and invokes only the existence of the end date. Does that date alone justify early removal?
- Yes, no notice or cause can ever matter
- Yes, all fixed terms allow dismissal at will
- Yes, a future date is a present completed expiry
- No
- Yes, employees under a term have no rights
Legal references
- Labor Code, Articles 118 and 295 (formerly 280): https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html
- Mendaros v. Lazada E-Services Phil., Inc., G.R. No. 257821, August 19, 2024, MAIN decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/aug2024/gr_257821_2024.html
- International School Manila v. Cabrido, G.R. No. 275832, July 29, 2025, MAIN decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/jul2025/gr_275832_2025.html
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