Practice question
A worker reasonably pauses during duty to use the workplace restroom and is injured in the process. The employer argues that attending to any personal need necessarily breaks the course of employment. Is the argument correct?
- Yes; every bodily need is a private venture.
- Yes; only active production can have a work connection.
- No; reasonable personal ministration may remain incidental to employment, subject to the governing compensation requirements.
- No; the pause conclusively proves permanent total disability.
- Only the employee's job title matters.
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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