Practice question
Comparable onsite employees receive free access to the employer’s career-development training. The employer excludes otherwise comparable telecommuters solely because they work remotely. Which is the correct response?
- The exclusion is automatically lawful because the trainees are offsite
- The exclusion conflicts with the equal-access fair-treatment rule
- Telecommuters may attend only if they waive overtime
- The employer has no obligations concerning career-development access
- The exclusion becomes lawful if called a connectivity policy regardless of facts
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2018/ra_11165_2018.html — RA 11165, section 5, fair treatment and collective participation.
- https://www.dole.gov.ph/php_assets/uploads/2022/09/DO-237-22-Revised-Implementing-Rules-and-Regulations-of-RA-No.-11165-Otherwise-Known-as-The-Telecommuting-Act.pdf — DO 237-22, sections 4 and 8, comparable treatment, pay, rest, training, performance, and isolation safeguards.
- https://www.scribd.com/document/606610904/DO-237-22 — mirrored issued DO 237-22 text, sections 4 and 8.
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