Practice question
A proposed CBA says that subsidy from the Special Voluntary Arbitration Fund makes the statutory fee factors irrelevant. The parties therefore refuse to consider case complexity, hearing time or ability to pay. Which is correct?
- The listed factors apply whether the parties shoulder the fee or the fund subsidizes it.
- A subsidy repeals every fee safeguard.
- Only the fund’s name matters.
- Public subsidy permits arbitrary unrelated charges.
- The parties may automatically disregard the nature of the dispute.
Legal references
- Labor Code, as amended, Articles 258 [247], 259 [248], 260 [249], 273 [260] and 277 [262-B]: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html
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