Practice question
A chief legal officer was automatically enrolled in a plan and never shown its early-retirement details when accepting appointment. The employer relies only on legal expertise and later awareness of the plan’s existence. No voluntary acceptance of the actual option is proved. Which is best?
- Neither expertise nor awareness of existence alone supplies the missing informed voluntary assent.
- Legal training conclusively proves acceptance of every hidden term.
- Automatic enrollment necessarily equals an express waiver.
- Later awareness can never be distinguished from original agreement.
- The employer’s assumption conclusively establishes consent.
Legal references
- Laya v. Philippine Veterans Bank, G.R. No. 205813, January 10, 2018, en banc main decision, express voluntary retirement consent: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/63856
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