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Practice question: Built-in Overtime

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Practice question

For a covered employee's ordinary-working-day overtime under Article 87, absent a valid special arrangement or more favorable rate, what total hourly amount applies?
  1. Exactly the ordinary hourly wage with no addition
  2. Half the ordinary hourly wage
  3. Only 25 percent of the ordinary hourly wage
  4. The regular hourly wage plus at least 25 percent
  5. No compensation if work exceeds eight hours

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.

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