Practice question
A worker requests a certificate at separation. HR says the general final-pay period automatically gives it thirty days to issue the certificate. Which is correct?
- The thirty-day period automatically replaces Section III.
- No deadline exists for certificates.
- The employee must request final pay again before any certificate can issue.
- Only the payroll period matters.
- Certificate issuance has a separate three-day period from request.
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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