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Practice question: Retirement (See also RA 7641, 8558, 10757, and 10789; Labor Advisory on Retirement Pay, October 24, 1996)

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A retail establishment employs exactly ten workers. Is it within the statutory small-establishment exception in the retirement provision, assuming the described facts and no separate promised retirement benefit?
  1. No, the exception always means fewer than ten
  2. No, retail establishments are never mentioned
  3. No, only one-worker firms qualify
  4. No, the SIL threshold must replace the retirement wording
  5. Yes; the provision covers the identified retail, service and agricultural establishments employing not more than ten

Legal references

  • RA7641, Section1; RA10757, Section2: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1992/ra_7641_1992.html

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