Practice question
A firm announces an involuntary early-retirement program based solely on age, then asserts that any plan called retirement falls within Section 6. It produces no bona fide plan consistent with labor law and the Act’s purpose. Is the label conclusive?
- No; the retirement exception has substantive statutory conditions
- Yes; the word retirement ends review
- Yes; every compelled age-based exit is lawful
- Yes; written plan terms need never be examined
- Yes; consent and governing labor law are always irrelevant
Legal references
- RA 10911, Sections 5-6: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2016/ra_10911_2016.html
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