Practice question
A specialist with demonstrated market bargaining power proposes a definite term, negotiates its conditions independently on equal footing and knowingly agrees without duress. The evidence shows the term is genuine and not designed to evade tenure. The employee later claims every fixed date is void solely because the duties are useful to the business. Which is sound?
- Usefulness alone does not automatically invalidate a genuinely qualified fixed-term arrangement; the safeguards must be applied
- All useful work makes every negotiated term void
- Brent forbids a worker from proposing a term
- Equal bargaining is legally irrelevant
- The contract becomes a donation at expiry
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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