Practice question
A bona fide reorganization has approved comparable positions for which displaced permanent employees are fully qualified and available. No policy-determining, primarily confidential, highly technical or other relevant exception applies. Management fills those slots with newcomers first solely as favors and says Section 4 is optional advice. Which assessment is best?
- Permanent-employee preference never has legal effect.
- Every private favor is an exception stated in the law.
- The proposal ignores Section 4’s preference and sequencing protections in the stated nonexcepted setting.
- A new staffing chart automatically erases all personnel rights.
- The statute requires newcomers to displace every qualified incumbent first.
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 6656, Sections 2-4: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1988/ra_6656_1988.html
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