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Practice question: Visitorial and Enforcement Powers (DO 238, s. 2023)

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Practice question

An employer receives a valid department-specific stoppage order addressing grave imminent danger and obstructs its implementation solely because the company disagrees with the inspector. It claims any disagreement authorizes self-help nullification. Which is correct?
  1. Article128(d) prohibits obstruction; disagreement is not an unrestricted license to render the order ineffective
  2. Any objection automatically cancels the order
  3. The employer may physically veto all enforcement
  4. Only the company’s internal rules govern compliance
  5. A department can never be subject to an order

Legal references

  • Manggagawa sa Komunikasyon v PLDT GR244695/244752/245294 February14,2024 MAIN, Article128 and evidence: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/feb2024/gr_244695_2024.html Article128(a),(c)–(f) reproduced and applied.

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