Practice question
Which limit is recognized by the personal comfort doctrine?
- A departure amounting to temporary abandonment of employment is not protected merely because it is called personal comfort.
- No limit exists once a worker is employed.
- Any reference to comfort eliminates all statutory exclusions.
- The doctrine applies only if every second is productive labor.
- A worker's personal label conclusively binds the tribunal.
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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