Practice question
A former employee seeks a certificate with truthful dates and job types while disputing final pay. The employer offers issuance only if the employee waives the monetary claim. Which is sound?
- Every certificate requires surrender of all monetary claims.
- The requested service certificate should be issued under its separate rule; a waiver is not a stated prerequisite.
- The dispute permits permanent refusal to certify actual service.
- The employer must instead invent dates favorable to the worker.
- A certificate automatically adjudicates every final-pay item.
Legal references
- DOLE Labor Advisory 06-2020, January 31, 2020, Sections I-IV, archived original signed DOLE PDF: https://web.archive.org/web/20220809160012id_/https://www.dole.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Labor-Advisory-No.-06-20-Guidelines-on-the-Payment-of-Final-Pay-and-Issuance-of-Certificate-of-Emplo.pdf
- DOLE official January 2026 explanation of Labor Advisory 06-2020, COE and final pay: https://dole.gov.ph/news/final-pay-coe-must-be-released-on-time-dole/
- Milan v. NLRC, G.R. No. 202961, February 4, 2015, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/feb2015/gr_202961_2015.html
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