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Practice question: Economic and Noneconomic Terms and Conditions

Multiple Choice Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

A final judgment imposes CBA benefits for a specified five-year period. At execution, claimants compute benefits for three additional years without a judgment basis or applicable exception. Which is sound under Guagua?
  1. An execution officer may automatically enlarge every final judgment.
  2. A later computation rewrites the judgment by itself.
  3. The parties’ actual dates are immaterial.
  4. The economic nature of benefits removes all execution limits.
  5. Execution must remain within the final judgment’s temporal bounds.

Legal references

  • Guagua National Colleges v. Guagua National Colleges Faculty Labor Union, G.R. No. 252101, March 5, 2025, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/69918
  • NCMB official Primer on Grievance Machinery and Voluntary Arbitration, economic and noneconomic provisions: https://rcmb10.ncmb.gov.ph/primer-on-grievance-machinery-and-voluntary-arbitration/

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