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Practice question: Pregnancy (RA 10354, Sec. 23(c))

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Practice question

An employer makes employment benefits conditional on an employee using a modern family-planning method chosen by management. Does Section 23(c) permit that condition merely because it concerns benefits rather than initial hiring?
  1. Yes, benefits are excluded.
  2. Yes, management can control every personal reproductive choice.
  3. Yes, if the employer calls it a wellness rule.
  4. Yes, because the employee is already hired.
  5. No, provision of employment benefits is expressly within the prohibition.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2012/ra_10354_2012.html — RA 10354, Section 23(c).

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