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

Multiple Choice Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

An employee commits a proved punishable assault against the employer’s duly authorized representative. Proper process is observed. Management invokes the crime-or-offense ground. Is that ground categorically unavailable because the victim is a representative rather than the owner?
  1. Yes, the victim must always be a customer
  2. Yes, representatives are never protected
  3. Yes, only the employee’s relatives count
  4. No
  5. Yes, every offense is unrelated to termination law

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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