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Practice question: Prohibited Acts

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Practice question

An employer awards a training scholarship to a male employee over an equally qualified woman solely because management believes training is wasted on women. Which rule applies?
  1. Sex-based preference is lawful whenever called a belief.
  2. The discrimination prohibition expressly includes training and scholarship opportunities.
  3. Only current wage amounts can ever involve discrimination.
  4. The woman must first resign to object.
  5. A scholarship is automatically outside employment law.

Legal references

  • Labor Code, DOLE consolidated 2022 edition, specified articles: https://natlex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/15242/PHL15242%202022.pdf — Articles 133[135],134[136],135[137].

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