Practice question
An employee uses email throughout a normal workday at the employer’s established branch office where employees regularly report. Does technology use alone make that day telecommuting?
- Yes, all email use is telecommuting
- No, work at the regular workplace does not become telecommuting solely because it uses technology
- Yes, if the employee sends more than ten messages
- Yes, unless the branch is air-conditioned
- No, because email is not computer technology
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2018/ra_11165_2018.html — RA 11165, sections 2–3, telecommuting definition and private-sector context.
- https://www.dole.gov.ph/php_assets/uploads/2022/09/DO-237-22-Revised-Implementing-Rules-and-Regulations-of-RA-No.-11165-Otherwise-Known-as-The-Telecommuting-Act.pdf — DO 237-22, sections 2–4, definitions and guiding principles.
- https://www.scribd.com/document/606610904/DO-237-22 — mirrored issued DO 237-22 text, sections 2–4.
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