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Practice question: Change in Working Hours

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Does management prerogative include reasonable changes in work schedules?
  1. No, the first schedule can never change
  2. Yes, subject to law, enforceable agreements, good faith, and protected rights
  3. Yes, with authority to disregard all wage rules
  4. Only if every customer approves
  5. Only after all employees resign

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1998/apr1998/gr_119205_1998.html — Sime Darby Pilipinas, Inc. v. NLRC, GR 119205, April 15, 1998, main decision; reasonable revised schedule and meal-period distinction.
  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html — Labor Code, Articles 83–85 and 87–88, working time and overtime.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2006/apr2006/gr_164774_2006.html — Star Paper Corporation v. Simbol, GR 164774, April 12, 2006, main decision; reasonableness limits on management policies.

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