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Practice question: Built-in Overtime

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Does employee silence alone establish a clear understanding that the agreed basic salary includes overtime?
  1. No
  2. Yes, silence conclusively proves allocation
  3. Yes, every payslip is an overtime waiver
  4. Yes, all fixed salaries necessarily include overtime
  5. Yes, failure to object removes every wage right

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
  • PAL Employees Savings and Loan Association v. NLRC, G.R. No. 105963, August 22, 1996, MAIN decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1996/aug1996/gr_105963_1996.html

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