Practice question
An employer suspends an employee without pay for twenty days solely because a complaint was filed. It admits that continued work posed no serious and imminent threat to life or property. Management says the investigation’s inconvenience justifies the unpaid measure. Assess the asserted preventive suspension.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2021/nov2021/gr_227718_2021.html — Lagamayo v. Cullinan Group, Inc., G.R. 227718, November 11, 2021, main decision: Omnibus Rules, Rule XXIII, sections 8–9; thirty-day limit, reinstatement, paid extension and no reimbursement.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2020/feb2020/gr_225100_2020.html — Every Nation Language Institute v. Dela Cruz, G.R. 225100, February 19, 2020, main decision: preventive suspension is protective, not a penalty; justified initial suspension.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2017/jan2017/gr_207838_2017.html — Maula v. Ximex Delivery Express, Inc., G.R. 207838, January 25, 2017, main decision: serious and imminent threat required.
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