Practice question
An employer proves that payments on different occasions addressed distinct objectives and varied substantially. Employees assert non-diminution but do not prove the uniform practice they claim. Which proposition from Maternal matters?
- The employee must clearly establish the company practice invoked
- Every prior gratuity is necessarily a vested fixed allowance
- The doctrine forbids examining the purpose of payment
- Non-diminution makes every allegation self-proving
- The employer must pay all historical grants forever without conditions
Legal references
- Maternal v Coca-Cola GR218010 February6,2023 MAIN, company-practice burden and varying bonuses: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2023/feb2023/gr_218010_2023.html
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