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Practice question: Built-in Overtime

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Practice question

Explain why paying more than the minimum wage does not itself establish lawful built-in overtime compensation.

Legal references

  • 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
  • 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.

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