Nature of Employment

No brainer

100

Which nature of employment puts one "on trial to have their fitness for the job assessed?" 

Probationary workers

• A probationary employee is someone on trial to have their fitness for the job assessed
• Employees can only be probationary for 6 months from the date the employee actually starts working, unless a lawful, sector-specific rule or a valid training/apprenticeship/academic scheme provides a different maximum. 

200

Which nature of employment is not strictly defined in the labor code but is still protected by law?

Casual employment

• Which is not strictly defined by the labour code, but is still protected
• Any short term work that a company hires someone for that is not considered integral to the company is considered casual... so when this work becomes long term and integral, the law pressures companies to regularize you

300

For the lao shi in Ateneo de Cebu, what nature of employment is evident in their work arrangement?

Fixed-term employment

• A fixed-term employee is one whose employment is set to last only for a definite period agreed upon at the time of hiring.
• You are protected by security of tenure, yes, but this expires automatically at the specific point agreed on by your boss OR by the law

400

Which nature of employment hires workers only during the summer for harvesting?

Seasonal work/ers

Article 295 (formerly Art. 280) of the Labor Code lists “seasonal employment” as a distinct category beside regular, project, and casual work. A worker is seasonal when (a) the activity is seasonal in nature and (b) the engagement is only for the duration of the season.

Challenging

100

Japan needs help harvesting its Matcha leaves on time to keep up with the worldwide demand for the tea. Faced with a lack of personnel willing to do the hard labor, what kind of employment can they do if they want to get help overseas?

Seasonal workers

200

If a project lasts for more than a year, what will happen to a project-based employee?

They can be considered for regularization.

300

Are fixed-term employees protected by the security of tenure? What happens when their contract expires?

Their contract automatically expires so security of tenure no longer applies.

400

Alisha has been working for a hotel as a work immersion student. She works like a regular employee with hard tasks like housekeeping. Is she entitled to remuneration? 

No, she is not unless there is a prior agreement in the memorandum of agreement between the school and the hotel.

Cerebral

100

Identify the nature of employment below:

College senior Marcus works 20 hours a week at a local marketing agency to earn academic credits for his degree program while gaining practical workplace experience.

Student interns

200

Identify the nature of employment below:

Under standard labor practices, this status automatically converts to regular employment if an employer allows an employee to work past the 6-month limit without evaluating them or communicating reasonable performance standards at the time of engagement.

Probationary employment

300

Identify the nature of employment below:

Workers under this category perform tasks that are purely incidental to the employer's main business, but by law, if they render at least one year of cumulative service, they gain regular status for that specific activity.

Casual employment

400

Identify the nature of employment below:

An employer signs a worker to a 6-month contract with a clause stating employment automatically ends on day 180, but requires the worker to perform core, everyday operational duties. When day 181 arrives, the company attempts to let the worker go under "contract expiration," but labor law rules that the contract was used to circumvent security of tenure, officially granting the employee this status instead...

Probationary employment