Practice question
New and existing employees occupy the same pay class, with differing individual rates caused by voluntary hiring and merit decisions. No law- or wage-order-driven compression of an established positional hierarchy is proved. The union invokes Article 124 alone to mandate complete equalization. What must be distinguished?
- The statutory distortion elements from any separately enforceable CBA or other wage right
- Every unequal individual rate automatically proves all statutory elements
- Voluntary increases are always prohibited
- A hierarchy need never exist
- A CBA can never create a distinct wage claim
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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