Practice question
What minimum service during the calendar year does the DOLE handbook state for ordinary covered thirteenth-month entitlement?
- Exactly twelve uninterrupted months in all cases.
- At least one month.
- At least ten years.
- Only service after December 24.
- No employment service of any kind.
Legal references
- Memorandum Order 28 s.1986 modifying PD 851 coverage: https://lawphil.net/executive/mo/mo1986/mo_28_1986.html
- DOLE-BWC 2024 Handbook on Workers’ Statutory Monetary Benefits, relevant service charge, holiday pay and thirteenth-month sections: https://nwpc.dole.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Workers-Statutory-Monetary-Benefits-Handbook-2024-Edition.pdf
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