Bar questions · 2026
Labor Law & Social Legislation
20 questions from the 2026 bar examination.
- 1.On January 5, 2026, First Vault Bank (Bank) hired Mabel as a probationary teller. At the time of engagement, Mabel was given the complete set of reasonable standards for regularization, which were thoroughly explained byansweredEssay
- 2.Uno Service Providers, Inc. (Uno) is a registered service provider under Department Order No. 174. Uno has a legitimate contracting arrangement with Pharmacare, wherein Uno provides Pharmacare with 50 workers to man its answeredEssay
- 3.Celso was hired by Onyx Pharma Company (Onyx) as a rider primarily tasked with picking up items from sellers and delivering them to Onyx’s warehouse. Pursuant to Celso’s Independent Contractor Agreement (Agreement) with answeredEssay
- 4.Christopher was engaged by Power Corporation as a probationary legal manager for six months. His probationary employment contract stated: “You will be a regular employee at the end of the six–month probationary period ifansweredEssay
- 5.Prestige Hotel leased premises belonging to Major Corporation. However, Prestige Hotel reneged on the payment of rental fees, prompting Major Corporation to file an ejectment case against Prestige Hotel. To gain funds anansweredEssay
- 6.PayNow Solutions, Inc., a FinTech company based in Taguig City providing digital payment and lending platforms to small and medium enterprises, employed Arjohn, a resident of San Jacinto, Pangasinan, as a front-end develunverifiedEssay
- 7.Bravo De Metro, Inc. (BDMI) classifies its rank-and-file employees into four salary levels with established wage differentials. To remain competitive, BDMI approved a revised hiring salary scale effective January 1, 2026answeredEssay
- 8.Pop Fizz Company (Pop Fizz) manufactures, sells, and distributes soft drinks nationwide. It operates a bottling plant in Laguna, where it has 20 male unionized bottling operators assigned to Bottling Line 1, and 12 to 14unverifiedEssay
- 9.Mahusay served as operations director of Telecall Philippines, Inc. (TPI), a subsidiary of Telecall, Inc., a U.S.-based company with call center operations across Asia and Latin America. Mahusay’s employment contract conansweredEssay
- 10.The Information Technology Department of LLB Company, Inc. consists of one manager, one female supervisor, and five rank-and-file employees, including Pat and Joe. During break times, Pat and other male rank-and-file empansweredEssay
- 11.During the Certification Election among rank-and-file employees of Sage Corporation, the following confidential employees were sought to be excluded from voting in the elections: a.) Ara, the Executive Assistant of the CansweredEssay
- 12.SIS Employees and Workers Union (SIS-EWU) is the exclusive bargaining representative of the rank-and-file employees of SIS Corporation. The Collective Bargaining Agreement between SIS Corporation and SIS-EWU contains a uansweredEssay
- 13.Karene worked as a cashier at Silver Supermarket. During a routine check implemented by the management at the end of each workday, the supervisor found that the money inside the cash register operated by Karene did not munverifiedEssay
- 14.FJD Publishing Company (FJD) is engaged in the publication of books used in basic education. FJD has 20 editors for its various book projects. To save on costs and to keep the company profitable, the management decided tunverifiedEssay
- 15.Elsa worked as a supervisor in a restaurant. She had a heated argument with her manager, which led to her dismissal from service. Elsa filed an illegal dismissal case against the restaurant on August 15, 2018. At that tiansweredEssay
- 16.Christian Construction Company (CCC) hired Dante as a construction worker at High Towers, one of its projects. While working, Dante fell from the 14th floor of High Towers, which resulted in his untimely demise. Angel, DansweredEssay
- 17.Bon Voyage Shipmanagement Company (BVSC) hired Bruno as an able seaman on board the vessel M/V Caeli. He boarded the vessel on June 16, 2024. While on duty, Bruno felt cramps followed by severe back pain. When the vesselansweredEssay
- 18.Nautical Port Services Company (Nautical) did not remit to ABC Union the union dues that the former checked-off from August 2006 to February 2007. Nautical claimed that it wanted to identify the duly authorized person toansweredEssay
- 19.Lisa was hired by YG Telecommunications Company (YG) as a District Sales Manager. She purchased a Honda Civic sedan under YG’s car plan benefit. However, due to reorganization, Lisa’s employment was terminated on the groansweredEssay
- 20.Sofia was terminated by Psalm Corporation (Psalm) from her employment. The Labor Arbiter (LA) rendered a Decision declaring Sofia’s dismissal to be illegal and ordering Psalm to reinstate her with full backwages. HoweveransweredEssay