Practice question
Workers demand a fixed annual cash amount solely because the employer previously held varying Christmas parties. No fixed cash promise or consistent deliberate cash-payment practice is proved. Which is sound?
- Every party establishes a fixed cash debt of any requested amount.
- A party automatically amends every CBA.
- An employee may select the amount without proof.
- No employer-provided benefit can ever become demandable.
- The parties and their variations do not by themselves establish the asserted fixed cash entitlement.
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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