Practice question
A company requires one spouse to resign whenever two employees marry. It offers only a general belief that married coworkers are less efficient, with no evidence of effects on the actual jobs or a reasonable business necessity. Which approach follows Star Paper?
- Uphold the rule solely because it appears in a handbook
- Require a substantiated reasonable business necessity; the stated stereotype does not establish a valid exercise of prerogative
- Treat every marriage-related policy as identical regardless of facts
- Assume the employee’s signature cures every discriminatory term
- Require resignation because all married people are necessarily unqualified
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2006/apr2006/gr_164774_2006.html — Star Paper Corporation v. Simbol, GR 164774, April 12, 2006, main decision; reasonable business necessity and occupational qualifications.
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2016/ra_10911_2016.html — RA 10911, sections 2, 5–6, age discrimination and qualified exceptions.
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