Practice question
A covered dispatcher must remain at the designated desk waiting for the next call and cannot use the interval freely. The employer says no call means no work time. Which is correct?
- Only answered calls count
- The employee must generate fictitious calls to be paid
- The required waiting is integral to the assigned work and counts
- Every waiting employee is an independent contractor
- The desk’s location alone eliminates pay
Legal references
- Omnibus Rules, Book III, Rule I, Section 5: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442a_1974.html
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