Practice question
During a genuine one-hour meal, an employee is entirely relieved and may leave the workstation and use the interval personally. The employee chooses to remain in the company canteen. No paid-meal promise applies. Does remaining somewhere on the premises alone make the whole hour working time?
- Yes, any presence on the property is automatically duty
- No
- Yes, every canteen visit is productive work
- Yes, only leaving the city can make a break unpaid
- Yes, employee preference alone creates overtime
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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