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Practice question: Power Interruptions or Brownouts

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Practice question

A plant keeps operating on backup power during a main-supply failure. Employees perform their usual duties. Explain why a brownout label does not make the work unpaid.

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
  • Durabuilt Recapping Plant & Co. v. NLRC, G.R. No. L-76746, July 27, 1987, MAIN decision, Policy Instruction No. 36 quoted: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1987/jul1987/gr_l-76746_1987.html

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