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Practice question: Non-diminution of Benefits

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Practice question

Employees list several special bonuses for unrelated one-time occasions in differing sums. They offer no proof of a uniform recurring entitlement. Does Maternal make those payments conclusive proof of a protected fixed annual bonus?
  1. No
  2. Yes; every special payment proves the same annual obligation
  3. Yes; differing purposes establish uniformity
  4. Yes; amounts never matter to the asserted pattern
  5. Yes; proof of the claimed entitlement is unnecessary

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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