Practice question
A woman has used the initial VAWC leave. A protection order specifies that additional leave is necessary for further related treatment and proceedings. The employer argues that the ten-day figure is an absolute ceiling and that unused ordinary vacation credits must replace the ordered extension. Which response is most accurate?
- The ten-day figure is absolute regardless of the protection order
- The law permits the necessary extension specified in the protection order, and the benefit remains additional to other paid leave
- Only a company accountant may authorize the statutory extension
- The order is irrelevant unless the offender has been convicted
- The extension automatically eliminates all other employment rights
Legal references
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/22128 — RA 9262, section 43, paid leave and protection against discrimination.
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/42362 — RA 9262 IRR, section 42, ten-day paid leave, certification, purposes, and non-conversion.
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