Practice question
An established solidary wage debt is PHP 30,000. Contractor pays PHP 10,000 toward that very debt. Ignoring interest and other claims, what principal balance remains?
- PHP 60,000.
- PHP 30,000 against each debtor regardless of payment.
- Nothing, because any partial payment extinguishes all.
- PHP 20,000.
- PHP 40,000.
Legal references
- DOLE Department Order 174 s.2017, issued text, Sections 5-14: https://palscon.org/public/assets/img/labor-laws-advisory/DO%20174-17%20Rules%20Implementing%20%20Articles%20106%20to%20109%20of%20the%20Labor%20Code,%20As%20Amended.pdf
- Labor Code Articles 106-109: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html
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