Practice question
A valid CBA promises pay to employees who report but cannot continue because of the defined emergencies, and its wording covers the power outage at issue. The employer says general no-work-no-pay reasoning automatically overrides that more favorable promise. Which is correct?
- The CBA disappears whenever electricity fails
- An employer may disregard every negotiated benefit
- Power companies may cancel CBAs
- The applicable more favorable CBA must be enforced rather than ignored by a blanket no-work-no-pay claim
- Workers must waive the clause before invoking it
Legal references
- Supreme Steel v. Nagkakaisang Manggagawa ng Supreme Independent Union, G.R. 185556, March 28, 2011: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2011/mar2011/gr_185556_2011.html
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