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Practice question: Upskilling

Multiple Choice Hard Jurisprudence

Practice question

A regular employee enters the implementing employer’s upskilling program. A clearly enforceable higher CBA benefit applies, but employer withdraws it solely because the worker signed the training agreement. Which is best?
  1. The statutory non-diminution protection requires respecting the established applicable benefit.
  2. Any training signature automatically cancels every CBA benefit.
  3. All regular employees become new unpaid entrants.
  4. Only the employer’s current preference matters.
  5. A registered program supersedes every existing right.

Legal references

  • RA 12063 Sections 4, 11-17 and 22, EBET Framework Act: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2024/ra_12063_2024.html
  • RA 12063 Implementing Rules, February 28, 2025, Rules IV-VI: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/99251

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