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Practice question: Sole and Exclusive Bargaining Agent (See also Labor Advisory No. 07, s. 2026)

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Practice question

What change is expressly identified in Labor Advisory 07, series of 2026, in DOLE’s official index?
  1. Abolition of collective bargaining
  2. Automatic appointment of employers as bargaining agents
  3. Removal of all certification elections
  4. Discontinuance of requests and processing for SEBA certification under Rule VII of DO 40-03, as amended
  5. A rule that the oldest union always becomes SEBA

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1989/ra_6715_1989.html — RA 6715, section 22, amending Labor Code Article 255: majority-selected exclusive representation and individual or group grievances.
  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2007/ra_9481_2007.html — RA 9481, sections 1–2 and 11: union legal personality and certification election in an unorganized establishment.
  • https://dole.gov.ph/labor-advisory/ — Official DOLE index, Labor Advisory 07 s. 2026: discontinuance of requests and processing for SEBA certification under Rule VII of DO 40-03, as amended.
  • https://normlex.ilo.org/dyn/nrmlx_en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB%3A13101%3A0%3A%3ANO%3A%3AP13101_COMMENT_ID%3A2319046 — Official ILO record reproducing the Philippine Government’s account of the final CA ruling and April 29, 2026 discontinuance of direct SEBA certification; used for that historical cutoff change.

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