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Practice question: Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Which Labor Code provision expressly grants regulatory power to restrict and regulate recruitment and placement activities within its coverage?
  1. Article 36
  2. Article 217 of the Revised Penal Code
  3. Article 19 of the Civil Code alone
  4. The constitutional provision on impeachment alone
  5. A private agency’s employment manual

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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