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Practice question: Fixed-Term

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Practice question

A highly sought specialist freely negotiates an employment term on substantially equal footing, with genuine bargaining power and no purpose to defeat tenure. Is a fixed term categorically impossible merely because employment exists?
  1. Yes, every employee must have an indefinite term
  2. Yes, specialists can never negotiate
  3. No; qualified fixed-term employment is recognized subject to the legal safeguards
  4. Yes, all negotiated end dates are criminal
  5. Yes, a term is valid only if no work is performed

Legal references

  • Mendaros, G.R. 257821, August 19, 2024; Brent School: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/aug2024/gr_257821_2024.html

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