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Practice question: Prohibited Practices

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Practice question

A recruiter induces a worker to leave oppressive employment specifically to liberate the worker from those conditions. Does the statutory prohibition on inducing an employed worker to quit contain a relevant qualification?
  1. No; every induced transfer is prohibited without exception.
  2. Yes; the rule excepts a transfer designed to free the worker from oppressive terms and conditions.
  3. Yes; every transfer promising slightly higher pay is automatically exempt.
  4. Only the former employer may invoke the exception.
  5. The exception requires the worker to surrender all unpaid wages.

Legal references

  • RA 8042 Section 6 as amended by RA 10022 Section 5: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2010/ra_10022_2010.html — Section 6(a)–(m), as amended.

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