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Practice question: Idle, Travel, Commuting, and Waiting Time

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A covered control operator must remain after shift because the replacement is late, cannot abandon the operating equipment, and continues necessary work with the supervisor’s knowledge. Is it automatically personal waiting because the rostered shift ended?
  1. Yes, necessary monitoring can never be work
  2. Yes, all post-roster time is unpaid
  3. Yes, the missing replacement eliminates the employer’s benefit
  4. No
  5. Yes, the operator’s location alone decides

Legal references

  • Labor Code, Articles 82-93 and implementing Book III, Rule I, Sections 3-7: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html
  • Omnibus Rules Implementing the Labor Code, Book III, Rules I-III, hours, meals, night differential and weekly rest: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442a_1974.html

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