Practice question
The employer’s duly authorized representative subjects a worker to a proved serious insult to the worker’s honor and person. The worker ends employment without advance notice. The employer insists only an insult personally uttered by the owner can fall within Article 300(b)(1). Which is correct?
- The statutory ground also covers the employer’s representative
- Only the owner’s personal words can qualify
- Representatives are expressly excluded
- Every representative may insult workers without consequence
- The ground applies only to customers
Legal references
- Labor Code, Article 300 (formerly 285), employee termination: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html
- BMG Records v. Aparecio, GR 153290, September 5, 2007, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2007/sep2007/gr_153290_2007.html
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