Practice question
Under Agabon, what is the purpose of nominal damages when a valid just-cause dismissal violates statutory due process?
- To vindicate the violated procedural right.
- To replace proof of every dismissal ground.
- To award wages for work never performed in every case.
- To eliminate earned benefits.
- To make all dismissals automatically illegal.
Legal references
- Agabon v NLRC, G.R. No. 158693, November 17, 2004, en banc main decision, nominal damages for statutory due-process violation: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/46232
- Jaka Food Processing Corporation v Pacot, G.R. No. 151378, March 28, 2005, en banc main decision, authorized cause and notice violation: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2005/mar2005/gr_151378_2005.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; Articles 294 and 297–299.
- Civil Code, Articles 2221–2222: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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