Practice question
An employer issues a handbook stating that every probationer, including ordinary office staff and academic personnel governed by special rules, can remain on trial for any duration management later selects. It argues that signing the handbook validates both unlimited probation and undisclosed regularization targets. Which is sound?
- The signature overrides every statutory limit
- Every probationary regime is necessarily identical
- No probationary worker ever enjoys security of tenure
- Targets need only be disclosed after failure
- Apply the relevant period and communication rules, including actual special regimes; a generic signature cannot authorize unlimited trial or secret standards
Legal references
- Labor Code, Article 296; De La Salle Araneta University, G.R. 224319, November 20, 2017; Sagarino, G.R. 267379, October 15, 2025: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2017/nov2017/gr_224319_2017.html
- Sagarino, G.R. 267379, October 15, 2025: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/oct2025/gr_267379_2025.html
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