Practice question
A wage order eliminates a long-established skill differential between two groups. The union demands correction, while the employer refuses even to pay the new prescribed lower-grade rate until the differential is resolved. The union says distortion alone permits an immediate strike. Which is best?
- The prescribed increase must be applied while correction proceeds through the statutory mechanism; distortion alone does not supply the asserted automatic strike remedy
- Both sides’ positions are automatically correct
- The employer may freeze every wage indefinitely
- The union may disregard every dispute-resolution requirement
- The distortion invalidates the wage order itself in every case
Legal references
- Labor Code, Article 124; National Federation of Labor v. NLRC, G.R. 103586, July 21, 1994: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1994/jul1994/gr_103586_1994.html
- Labor Code, Article 124, as amended by RA6727: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1989/ra_6727_1989.html
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