Practice question
An assisted settlement is invoked as an absolute bar, but a party presents prima facie evidence that the agreement was obtained through coercion. The opponent argues assistance immunizes every settlement from challenge. Which is best?
- The express coercion exception must be considered rather than treating assistance as absolute immunity.
- DOLE assistance necessarily cures all coercion.
- The Code expressly excludes every coercion challenge.
- A signature always makes force irrelevant.
- Only the agreement’s paper size matters.
Legal references
- Labor Code, as amended, Articles 233 [227], 239 [233] and 292(b) [277(b)]: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html
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