Practice question
A school pays foreign-hired teachers a 25% higher basic salary than locally hired teachers. The teachers have substantially equal qualifications, skill, effort, and responsibility under similar teaching conditions. The school offers only a general desire to attract foreign applicants and no evidence of superior work value. Which analysis best follows ISAE?
- Foreign-hire status alone conclusively validates the basic-salary difference
- The school’s asserted reason does not establish a sufficient justification for unequal basic pay on the stated comparable work
- All relocation or housing assistance to foreign hires is automatically unlawful in every case
- The local teachers must prove they teach 25% more classes before equality can be considered
- A private school is entirely exempt from equal-pay principles
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2000/jun2000/gr_128845_2000.html — International School Alliance of Educators v. Quisumbing, GR 128845, June 1, 2000, main decision.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2022/nov2022/gr_245918_2022.html — Mindanao International Container Terminal Services, Inc. v. MICTSILU-FDLO, GR 245918, November 29, 2022, main decision; reasonable pay distinctions and employer justification.
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1989/ra_6725_1989.html — RA 6725 section 1, prohibition on sex-based lesser compensation for work of equal value.
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