Practice question
Can an employer’s valid undertaking to pay a completion bonus matter independently of statutory separation pay?
- No, all bonuses are automatically criminal fines
- No, every completion promise is void
- Yes
- No, lack of separation pay erases all contracts
- No, project workers cannot enforce agreements
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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