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Practice question: Apprenticeship

Multiple Choice Hard Jurisprudence

Practice question

An enterprise's apprenticeship program requires occasional additional training hours. It schedules three hours beyond the ordinary eight-hour day and argues that payment of a premium removes any daily limit. Which assessment follows RA 12063?
  1. Premium payment permits unlimited extra training.
  2. Apprentices may never receive any extra-hour allowance.
  3. Only the weekly payroll total matters.
  4. The program remains subject to a maximum of two overtime hours daily; paying a premium does not cure the third extra hour.
  5. Apprenticeship converts all overtime into ordinary hours.

Legal references

  • RA 12063 EBET Framework Act, specified sections: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra 2024/ra_12063_2024.html — Sections 4(a),6,9,11–13,22.
  • RA 12063 Implementing Rules and Regulations, February 28 2025: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/99251 — Rule V Section 2; Rule VI.
  • RA 12063 official signed text, Senate reproduction: https://issuances-library.senate.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2025-08/20241107-RA-12063-FRM.pdf — Section 13(b).

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