Practice question
May the civil aspect of a properly established ULP include damages and other affirmative relief?
- No; only a criminal fine can ever be considered.
- Only the employer’s accountant may award relief.
- Yes, subject to the applicable jurisdictional and substantive requirements.
- Every asserted amount must be granted without proof.
- Damages are categorically foreign to ULP.
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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