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Practice question: Employment Subject to a Suspensive Condition

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Practice question

In Aragones v. Alltech, how did the Court classify the agreed fixed commencement date?
  1. As a suspensive period deferring demandability, rather than an uncertain condition preventing the obligations’ existence
  2. As proof that the offer was never accepted
  3. As an automatic right to cancel the accepted agreement without cause
  4. As a condition requiring an unspecified new offer
  5. As a clause eliminating every Labor Code protection

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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