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Practice question: Post-employment Restrictions; Elements of Validity

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

In Tiu, was the employer’s failure to invest in the employee’s prior professional training treated as automatically invalidating the clause?
  1. Yes; paid training is a universal prerequisite to any restraint.
  2. Yes; experience always defeats contractual obligations.
  3. No.
  4. Only the employee’s school fees controlled the judgment.
  5. No legitimate confidential-business interest could be considered.

Legal references

  • Tiu v. Platinum Plans Philippines, G.R. No. 163512, February 28, 2007, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2007/feb2007/gr_163512_2007.html

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