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Practice question: Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)

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Practice question

A local recruiter claims that DOLE’s role is limited to giving voluntary advice and that it cannot issue recruitment rules implementing the Labor Code. Which provision directly contradicts that claim?
  1. Article 36, which authorizes orders and rules implementing the recruitment title
  2. The rule on contractual interest alone
  3. The law on corporate dividends alone
  4. A private association’s membership list
  5. An applicant’s personal preference

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html — Labor Code, Articles 5, 36–38, regulatory, visitorial, and complaint powers, subject to current laws.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1990/mar1990/gr_81510_1990.html — Salazar v. Achacoso, GR 81510, March 14, 1990, main decision; constitutional restriction on search and arrest warrants.
  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2021/ra_11641_2021.html — RA 11641, sections 4–6, transfer of overseas recruitment functions to DMW.

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