Practice question
A worker chooses an optional company room purely for personal convenience and is entirely free to live elsewhere. Can the worker establish the required-residence basis of the bunkhouse rule solely by showing that the company owns the room?
- Yes; ownership alone satisfies every condition.
- Yes; every tenant is an employee for every purpose.
- No; the actual employment obligation and circumstances must be examined, not ownership alone.
- No company accommodation can ever be relevant.
- Only the room's rental value determines the result.
Legal references
- Arriesgado v Multinational Maritime, G.R. 275424, April 29 2026, main opinion: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/70389
- Arguilles v Wilhelmsen Smith Bell Manning, G.R. 254586, July 10 2023, main opinion: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2023/jul2023/gr_254586_2023.html
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