Practice question
A company proposes disease-based termination. Its private clinic says the condition should be controlled within four months of proper treatment. There is no certification by a competent public health authority that it is incurable within six months. Management argues that illness alone justifies termination. Which is correct?
- Any illness automatically supplies authorized cause
- A private clinic’s prediction of recovery satisfies the required incurability certification
- Payment of separation pay eliminates the medical prerequisites
- The stated facts fail to establish the prescribed disease ground, including the competent public health certification of incurability within six months
- Only an employee’s supervisor may determine incurability
Legal references
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/10/71535 — DO 147-15, Rule I-A, sections 4(a), 5.3–5.5: authorized causes, proof, notice and separation pay.
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