Practice question
An employee validly on probation commits an independently established just cause, and required process is observed. Employee says only failed regularization standards can ever justify termination during probation. Which is best?
- Every probationer is immune from just-cause dismissal.
- Just causes begin only after regularization.
- No termination can occur before the final day.
- Every alleged misconduct automatically suffices without proof.
- Probation does not exclude other lawful just or authorized grounds.
Legal references
- Labor Code Articles 83, 295-296 and 301 (renumbered 280-281 and 286): https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html
- Sagarino v. Toplis Solutions, Inc., G.R. No. 267379, October 15, 2025, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/oct2025/gr_267379_2025.html
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