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Practice question: Project (DO 19, s. 1993)

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

Under DO 19-1993, does genuine termination by completion of the identified project ordinarily create a statutory separation-pay entitlement merely because the worker was a project employee?
  1. No
  2. Yes, completion always requires statutory separation pay
  3. Yes, every phase is a redundancy by definition
  4. Yes, separation pay is identical to every wage
  5. Yes, the worker must receive all future project profits

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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