Practice question
A company introduces a new production process and measures output against a target based on older equipment and different materials. Employees document repeated machine stoppages and necessary quality checks. The company proposes dismissal solely from the output totals without addressing those facts. Which response is most accurate?
- Output totals must conclusively establish neglect in every case
- The employer must address actual conditions and substantiate a valid good-faith standard and the claimed cause; lower output alone does not resolve the documented constraints
- Any equipment problem permanently prohibits all future targets
- The employees automatically become owners of the machines
- Quality requirements are legally irrelevant to attainability
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2020/jun2020/gr_222289_2020.html — East Cam Tech Corporation v. Fernandez, GR 222289, June 8, 2020, main decision; attainable quotas and good faith.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2012/apr2012/gr_185829_2012.html — Aliling v. Feliciano, GR 185829, April 25, 2012, main decision; productivity standards and employer’s burden.
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