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Practice question: Meal Break

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

Covered non-manual employees receive a valid twenty-five-minute shortened meal under Section 7. The employer says non-manual work means the meal can be deducted from working time. Is that correct?
  1. Yes, all computer work is outside labor standards
  2. Yes, non-manual employees are always unpaid at lunch
  3. Yes, every listed exception permits deduction
  4. No
  5. Yes, a meal cannot be paid if food is eaten

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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