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Practice question: Telecommuting Program

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

May mutually agreed telecommuting terms fall below minimum labor standards?
  1. Yes, consent removes every statutory minimum
  2. No, the terms must not be less than minimum labor standards
  3. Yes, whenever the employee works at home
  4. Yes, if the policy uses the word flexible
  5. No, but only for companies with more than one hundred employees

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2018/ra_11165_2018.html — RA 11165, sections 4, 6–7, voluntary program, written information, data protection, and administration.
  • 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 4–6 and 9–11, minimum standards, program content, administration, records, and notification.
  • https://www.scribd.com/document/606610904/DO-237-22 — mirrored issued DO 237-22 text, sections 4–6 and 9–11.

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