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Practice question: Attorney’s Fees

Essay Hard Jurisprudence

Practice question

Distinguish approval to levy a nonmandatory extraordinary legal-fee assessment from authority to deduct it from an individual employee’s wages. Assume the services are unrelated to CBA negotiation.

Legal references

  • Labor Code, Article 250 (formerly 241), paragraphs (g)-(p), as applicable: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html
  • Mariño v. Gamilla, GR 149763, July 7, 2009, main decision, special-assessment safeguards: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/49401

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