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Practice question: Built-in Overtime

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A covered worker has an agreed ordinary hourly rate ofPHP 100 and performs two hours of ordinary-day overtime. No compressed workweek or special exemption applies. A purported built-in component pays onlyPHP 200 for those two hours. At the statutory minimum overtime rate, what shortfall remains?
  1. PHP 50
  2. PHP 0
  3. PHP 25
  4. PHP 100
  5. PHP 250

Legal references

  • Labor Code Articles 82–88, official DOLE consolidated 2022 edition: https://natlex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/15242/PHL15242%202022.pdf — Articles 82,87.
  • PAL Employees Savings and Loan Association v NLRC, G.R. 105963, August 22 1996, main opinion: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1996/aug1996/gr_105963_1996.html

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