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

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Can necessary work performed after normal hours because no replacement arrives count as hours worked where the employer or supervisor knows of it?
  1. No, absence of a replacement always makes work a gift
  2. No, the shift-end clock automatically erases all work
  3. Yes
  4. No, only a written overtime contract can show any hours
  5. No, supervisors’ knowledge is irrelevant

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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