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Practice question: Persons with Disability (RA 7277, as amended by RA 10524)

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

A government agency has 1,000 positions and plans its reservation under amended section 5. It proposes reserving only five casual positions because the original 1992 wording referred to certain casual, emergency, and contractual positions. What is the correct current minimum under the given total?
  1. Five positions under the original formulation
  2. Ten positions, representing at least one percent of all positions
  3. One hundred positions in every case
  4. All 1,000 positions regardless of qualifications
  5. No reservation after RA 10524

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1992/ra_7277_1992.html — RA 7277, sections 4(h) and (l), 32–33, reasonable accommodation, qualification, and employment discrimination.
  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10524_2013.html — RA 10524 section 1, replacing RA 7277 section 5, employment equality and reserved positions.

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