Practice question
A genuine project worker is dismissed without just or authorized cause while the identified phase remains unfinished. Reinstatement later becomes impossible. Under DO 19 Section 3.3(b), what remedy is specified for that situation?
- Automatic salary for life
- Salaries for the unexpired portion of the agreement
- No remedy because project workers lack tenure
- Only repayment of the worker’s tools
- The employer’s unrestricted choice to pay nothing
Legal references
- Labor Code, Articles 118 and 295 (formerly 280): https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html
- DOLE Department Order No. 19, series of 1993, Sections 2-3: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/10/52129
- Coogee International Inc. v. Maningo, G.R. No. 264881, July 16, 2025, MAIN decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/jul2025/gr_264881_2025.html
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