Practice question
Can an employment contract be perfected even though a valid suspensive condition still prevents the employment obligations from taking effect?
- No, perfection and effectivity are always identical
- Yes, a perfected contract can exist while the conditional obligations remain in suspense
- No, contracts are perfected only after the first salary is paid
- Yes, but only if a court signs the offer
- No, acceptance is legally irrelevant to employment contracts
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/apr2025/gr_251736_2025.html — Aragones v. Alltech Biotechnology Corporation, GR 251736, April 2, 2025, main decision; conditions, periods, accepted offers, and Civil Code Article 1186.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/aug2016/gr_220399_2016.html — Sagun v. ANZ Global Services and Operations (Manila), Inc., GR 220399, August 22, 2016, main ruling; perfected contract and unfulfilled background-check condition.
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html — Civil Code, Articles 1181, 1186, 1193, and 1318–1319.
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