I. TRUE or FALSE. Answer TRUE if the statement is true, or FALSE if the statement is false. Explain your answer in not more than two (2) sentences. (5%) An employment contract prohibiting employment in a competing company within one year from separation is valid. All confidential employees are disqualified to unionize for the purpose of collective bargaining. A runaway shop is an act constituting unfair labor practice. In the law on labor relations, the substitutionary doctrine prohibits a new collective bargaining agent from repudiating an existing collective bargaining agreement. The visitorial and enforcement powers of the DOLE Regional Director to order and enforce compliance with labor standard laws can be exercised even when the individual claim exceeds P5,000.00.