What is the function of exemplary damages in a… - MCQ

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What is the function of exemplary damages in a properly supported labor case?

To replace every unpaid wage.
To serve as an example or correction for the public good where the governing aggravating conduct is established.
To reward every successful litigant automatically.
To pay the employee’s transportation fare only.
To restore the employee’s seniority directly.

Bartolome v Toyota Quezon Avenue, G.R. No. 254465, April 3, 2024, damages, attorney’s fees and separation in lieu of reinstatement: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/apr2024/gr_254465_2024.html
Labor Code, DOLE consolidated 2022 edition, Articles 219, 258–260, 262–264, 274 and 278–279: https://natlex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/15242/PHL15242%202022.pdf; Article 111.
Civil Code, Articles 2208, 2217, 2219, 2229 and 2232: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html

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