Practice question
A company paid a special supplement for two years with express reservations linked to its financial situation. Workers rely solely on the two payments, while management relies solely on the reservations. Which approach is proper?
- Exactly two years always makes every grant permanent.
- Examine the full record of consistency, deliberateness, conditions and commitment; neither slogan alone resolves every case.
- Exactly two years can never establish any practice.
- A reservation permits reduction of statutory minimum wages.
- The parties’ actual communications cannot matter.
Legal references
- Eastern Telecommunications Philippines v. Eastern Telecoms Employees Union, G.R. No. 185665, February 8, 2012, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/21642
- American Wire and Cable Daily Rated Employees Union v. American Wire and Cable Co., G.R. No. 155059, April 29, 2005, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2005/apr2005/gr_155059_2005.html
- Arco Metal Products v. Samahan ng mga Manggagawa sa Arco Metal-NAFLU, G.R. No. 170734, May 14, 2008, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/45241
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