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

Essay Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

A worker deliberately refuses an instruction from a supervisor. Management proposes dismissal for willful disobedience without examining what the instruction required. State the relevant elements and explain why deliberate refusal alone does not resolve the case.

Legal references

  • https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/10/71535 — DO 147-15, Rule I-A, sections 4(b), 4(j)–(o) and 5.2: Article 297 just-cause elements.

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