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NovaArc Manufacturing, Inc., a plant with 410 rank-and-file employees represented by a certified union, announces a major automation upgrade and realignment of shifts. To implement the changes during an anticipated labor action, management locks out the entire plant for 9 days. The workers allege the lockout is punitive and retaliatory for a planned wage-and-benefits strike and file a complaint with the NLRC for unfair labor practices. (a) Identify the legally relevant actors and determine whether the employer’s act constitutes a lockout. (b) State the controlling rule on legitimate lockouts in the Philippines and how it is tested in practice. (c) Apply the rule to this scenario and decide whether the lockout is lawful or unlawful, and outline the remedies available to the workers if it is unlawful.

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The lockout is unlawful because the employer did not obtain express authorization from the Department of Labor and Employment before locking out. The lockout is lawful because automation upgrades are a managerial prerogative and not negotiable; the workers have no right to block such changes. The lockout is lawful; The controlling rule requires a genuine business reason directly related to operations, conducted in good faith, and with due process, such as advance notice to the certified bargaining agent and to the NLRC; The 9-day duration does not by itself render it unlawful; If it is later found to be unlawful, workers may seek reinstatement with back wages and damages. The lockout is lawful only if the workers are temporarily absorbed into a different unit; If not, it's unlawful.

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