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Practice question: Change in Working Hours

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Under Article 84, what matters when deciding whether a scheduled break counts as work?
  1. Only the word break on the roster
  2. Whether the employee is required on duty or is suffered or permitted to work during that time
  3. Only the color of the break-room furniture
  4. Only whether the employer prefers nonpayment
  5. Only the number of other employees eating

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1998/apr1998/gr_119205_1998.html — Sime Darby Pilipinas, Inc. v. NLRC, GR 119205, April 15, 1998, main decision; reasonable revised schedule and meal-period distinction.
  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html — Labor Code, Articles 83–85 and 87–88, working time and overtime.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2006/apr2006/gr_164774_2006.html — Star Paper Corporation v. Simbol, GR 164774, April 12, 2006, main decision; reasonableness limits on management policies.

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