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

Multiple Choice Hard Jurisprudence

Practice question

A worker intentionally does an act that management dislikes. The act is specified in a company policy, but the proved facts show no similarity to any statutory just cause and no independent lawful ground. Does policy specification alone establish an analogous cause?
  1. No; similarity and the other requirements remain necessary
  2. Yes, every disliked act is automatically analogous
  3. Yes, policy text can create any statutory ground without limits
  4. Yes, employee intent removes the similarity requirement
  5. Yes, management preference alone supplies a cause

Legal references

  • DOLE Department Order 147-15, Rule I-A, Sections 1-3 and 5.2, as applicable: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/10/71535

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