Practice question
A company voluntarily raises market entry rates for a particular hiring need, with no prescribed law or wage-order increase causing the alleged compression. Does Article 124 automatically require the identical increase for every incumbent?
- Yes, a private raise is necessarily a regional order
- Yes, every discretionary raise automatically passes to all
- Yes, only the highest individual wage may exist
- No
- Yes, all salary differences are criminal
Legal references
- Labor Code, Articles 95, 113-115 and 123-124: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html
- RA 6727, amended Labor Code Articles 123-124: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1989/ra_6727_1989.html
- Mindanao International Container Terminal Services, Inc. v. MICTSILU-FDLO, G.R. No. 245918, November 29, 2022, MAIN decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2022/nov2022/gr_245918_2022.html
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