Practice question
A union timely files a representation petition. Management demands party status to oppose it solely because it pays the workers. Which is best?
- Paying wages confers ownership of employee votes.
- The employer automatically becomes a contending union.
- The petition requires management’s preferred result.
- Employees may choose only the union selected by management.
- Payroll responsibility does not displace the statutory employer-as-bystander rule.
Legal references
- Executive Order 97, September 19, 2025, adopting annexed JMO 1 (2024), especially Part VI paragraph 8 and Part IX paragraph 11: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/5/100030
- RA 9481, Section 12, inserting Article 258-A (now Article 271), employer as bystander: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2007/ra_9481_2007.html
- PICOP Resources v. Taneca, G.R. No. 160828, August 9, 2010, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/54227
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