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Practice question: Authorized Causes (DO 147, s. 2015)

Multiple Choice Hard Jurisprudence

Practice question

An employer proves good-faith closure due to serious business losses with sufficient evidence and no more favorable benefit applies. A worker argues that the non-loss closure formula necessarily applies unchanged even when serious losses are established. Which distinction matters?
  1. Section5.5 expressly distinguishes serious-loss closure from closure not due to such losses
  2. All closure causes are legally identical
  3. Serious losses automatically require double payment
  4. Evidence of losses is forbidden
  5. Closure can never be an authorized cause

Legal references

  • DO147-15 RuleI-A Sections5.1 and5.4–5.5: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/10/71535 Installation of labor-saving devices, fair selection and closure-loss distinction.

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