Practice question
A workplace validly adopts a compressed workweek. Management then abolishes the workers' lawful meal periods, rest-day rights and existing holiday benefits, saying that agreement to compression necessarily waives them. Which assessment follows DA 02 s. 2004?
- Voluntary compression automatically waives every benefit.
- Only the employer's cost savings matter.
- Compression eliminates the need for any meal.
- The workers must surrender rest-day rights before the scheme is valid.
- The agreement does not authorize these changes; the Advisory preserves meal periods and applicable rest, holiday, leave and existing benefits.
Legal references
- DOLE Department Advisory 02 s. 2004, PartsI–IV: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/40740
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