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Practice question: Clearance Procedures

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Practice question

Which information is central to the advisory’s definition of a certificate of employment?
  1. A fabricated promotion history.
  2. The employer’s confidential customer passwords.
  3. Dates of engagement and termination, as applicable, and the type or types of work performed.
  4. A guaranteed job offer from another company.
  5. A compulsory promise never to resign.

Legal references

  • DOLE Labor Advisory 06-2020, January 31, 2020, Sections I-IV, archived original signed DOLE PDF: https://web.archive.org/web/20220809160012id_/https://www.dole.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Labor-Advisory-No.-06-20-Guidelines-on-the-Payment-of-Final-Pay-and-Issuance-of-Certificate-of-Emplo.pdf
  • DOLE official January 2026 explanation of Labor Advisory 06-2020, COE and final pay: https://dole.gov.ph/news/final-pay-coe-must-be-released-on-time-dole/
  • Milan v. NLRC, G.R. No. 202961, February 4, 2015, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/feb2015/gr_202961_2015.html

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