Practice question
A monthly-paid office employee invokes Labor Code wage protections. The employer relies solely on a case distinguishing laborers’ wages from officials’ salaries for Civil Code Article 1708 and says all salaried office employees fall outside labor-law wage rules. Which analysis follows Sadac?
- The employer’s conclusion necessarily follows in every labor-law case
- The Article 1708 distinction is context-specific; the relevant Labor Code provision and its coverage must be examined rather than imposing a blanket salary exclusion
- Every salary automatically receives the Article 1708 exemption without qualification
- The employee’s job title alone resolves every statutory entitlement
- The employer may avoid all labor standards by paying monthly
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html — Labor Code, Article 97(f), definition of wage.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2006/jun2006/gr_164772_2006.html — Equitable Banking Corporation v. Sadac, GR 164772, June 8, 2006, main decision; contextual wage/salary distinction.
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