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Practice question: Personal Comfort Doctrine

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

Which limit is recognized by the personal comfort doctrine?
  1. A departure amounting to temporary abandonment of employment is not protected merely because it is called personal comfort.
  2. No limit exists once a worker is employed.
  3. Any reference to comfort eliminates all statutory exclusions.
  4. The doctrine applies only if every second is productive labor.
  5. 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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