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Under the 1987 Constitution, Art. II, Sec. 10, and the Labor Code, Article 218, a private hospital chain, MediCare Hospital, contracts out its janitorial and security services to a service provider. The provider pays its workers 15% less than MediCare's own employees who perform substantially the same janitorial and security tasks within MediCare facilities. MediCare retains direct supervision, schedules, and sets performance standards for the contracted workers. The provider bears the workplace risk and owns its equipment. The hospital asserts outsourcing preserves patient care and avoids layoffs, thereby advancing social justice. The workers argue the arrangement violates social justice because it depresses wages for workers performing substantially the same work. (a) Identify the controlling doctrine on how constitutional social justice interacts with labor standards. (b) Distinguish this doctrine from mere economic efficiency or business necessity. (c) Apply to the facts and determine whether the outsourcing arrangement complies with the social justice framework.