Practice question
A worker is genuinely hired for the identified structural phase, with scope and duration made clear at engagement. That phase is completed, though later interior work continues. Does the ongoing distinct interior phase alone prevent completion of the worker’s own project engagement?
- Yes, the building must be demolished first
- Yes, every worker must remain until every part of the building is finished
- Yes, phase-based engagement is never permitted
- No
- Yes, all projects legally have one indivisible workforce
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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