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Practice question: Upskilling

Multiple Choice Hard Jurisprudence

Practice question

An enterprise sets a complex upskilling program’s duration by a bare memo unrelated to the competencies or Training Plan and claims the IRR contains no planning standard. Which is correct?
  1. A memo automatically authorizes any duration.
  2. The duration must be grounded in the stated competency complexity and plan, subject to applicable statutory limits.
  3. Only the worker’s seniority may determine every program length.
  4. The plan is legally irrelevant to duration.
  5. Upskilling necessarily lasts forever.

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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