Jurisdiction in Local Employment Cases

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1. Which tribunal ordinarily has original and exclusive jurisdiction over a private-sector illegal-dismissal dispute under…
2. Which is an expressly enumerated subject of Labor Arbiter jurisdiction under Article 224?
3. Who ordinarily exercises exclusive appellate jurisdiction over Labor Arbiter decisions under Article 224(b)?
4. A worker files an illegal-dismissal complaint seeking reinstatement and PHP 4,000 in unpaid wages. No special jurisdict…
5. A former employee seeks PHP 30,000 of ordinary unpaid wages arising from employment, with no reinstatement claim. The c…
6. A union and employer dispute only the meaning of a CBA benefit clause. They have an applicable grievance and voluntary-…
7. An employer sues a former employee solely to recover training expenses under a disputed minimum-service repayment claus…
8. A dismissed employee seeks reinstatement, PHP 3,000 unpaid wages and damages arising from the dismissal. The employer i…
9. A complaint seeks only payment of a benefit whose entitlement depends on interpreting a disputed CBA clause. An applica…
10. Explain the jurisdictional lesson of Esico concerning an employer’s claim for repayment of training advances under a mi…
11. Does Article 224(a)(6)’s general employment money-claim category expressly exclude employees compensation claims?
12. Are questions involving the legality of strikes and lockouts expressly among Article 224’s Labor Arbiter subjects?