Practice question
A worker has an established employment relationship and recurring seasonal engagement. Employer says regular status must mean an obligation to perform the same tasks during a genuine period when those tasks do not exist. Which is best?
- Regular-seasonal tenure can coexist with genuine off-season inactivity.
- Regularity necessarily eliminates every season.
- Off-season inactivity always proves permanent severance.
- A worker must waive all rights to be recalled.
- Every seasonal employee is an independent contractor.
Legal references
- Labor Code Articles 83, 295-296 and 301 (renumbered 280-281 and 286): https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html
- Hacienda San Isidro/Silos Farms v. Villaruel, G.R. No. 220087, August 11, 2025, resolution on reconsideration: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/aug2025/gr_220087_2025.html
- Rivera v. Universal Leaf Philippines, Inc., G.R. No. 272080, February 19, 2026, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2026/feb2026/gr_272080_2026.html
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