Practice question
An admitted employee performs the same genuinely seasonal work in two seasons totaling less than twelve months. Employer relies solely on absence of a full year to deny the preserved regular-seasonal test. Which is correct?
- A continuous year is always indispensable.
- Seasonal repetition is never relevant.
- Employment status depends only on payment in cash.
- That full-year objection does not answer the more-than-one-season test.
- The worker must prove work every calendar day.
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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