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Practice question: Leave under the Anti-VAWC Act of 2004 (RA 9262)

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

When may VAWC leave be extended beyond the initial statutory period?
  1. Whenever the employer chooses to replace salary with leave
  2. When necessity arises as specified in the protection order
  3. Only after the offender has served a prison sentence
  4. Only if the worker permanently resigns
  5. Whenever a private employer issues its own criminal judgment

Legal references

  • https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/22128 — RA 9262, section 43, paid leave and protection against discrimination.
  • https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/42362 — RA 9262 IRR, section 42, ten-day paid leave, certification, purposes, and non-conversion.

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