Practice question
An interruption lasts exactly twenty minutes, during which operators must remain ready at their machines and cannot use the time personally. Can the employer deduct it solely under the rule for brownouts longer than twenty minutes?
- Yes, only production output matters
- Yes, exactly twenty is greater than twenty
- Yes, required standby is always unpaid
- Yes, every interruption is automatically excluded
- No
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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