Visitorial and Enforcement Powers (DO 238, s. 2023)

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1. When may duly authorized labor inspectors access workplace records and premises under Article 128(a)?
2. Which activity is expressly part of Article 128’s visitorial authority?
3. Which set identifies DO 238’s three administration and enforcement approaches?
4. An inspector finds unpaid statutory wages owed to current employees, each exceeding PHP 5,000. The employer objects sol…
5. Noncompliance attributable to an employer creates grave and imminent danger, and an Article 128(c) work-stoppage order …
6. During a labor inspection, a principal denies that contractor-deployed workers are its employees and insists that this …
7. An inspection covers several contractors performing different functions under different arrangements. An official order…
8. Describe Article 128’s visitorial powers and their relationship to the enforcement of labor standards.
9. Explain the distinction between DOLE’s authority to determine an employment relationship and the proof needed to order …
10. State Article 128(c)’s safeguards and consequences when labor-law noncompliance poses grave and imminent danger.
11. Does Article128 prohibit obstructing or rendering enforcement orders ineffective?
12. Within what time does Article128(c) require a hearing on lifting a work-stoppage order?