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Practice question: Wage Order

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A party demands that the Regional Board consider consumer-price changes but ignore all worker needs, employment effects and employer-capacity evidence as legally forbidden. What is the statutory response?
  1. All evidence except publicity is prohibited
  2. The consumer index is the only permitted fact
  3. Only employer wishes are permitted
  4. The Board must assess the relevant statutory criteria rather than that single-factor exclusion
  5. No economic inquiry may occur

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

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