Practice question
A tribunal awards nominal damages for a procedural violation. Management calls the sum wages for services never rendered. Which distinction is correct?
- Nominal damages vindicate the violated right and are not payment for work performed
- Every monetary award is necessarily salary
- Only employees who worked the same days can receive damages
- The award creates a new service contract
- Damages are always payroll advances
Legal references
- Agabon v NLRC GR158693 November17,2004 ENBANC MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2004/nov2004/gr_158693_2004.html
- Jaka Food v Pacot GR151378 March28,2005 ENBANC MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2005/mar2005/gr_151378_2005.html
- Civil Code Articles2199,2221–2224,2229,2232–2234: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html Articles2221–2222 nominal-damages purpose.
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