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Practice question: Wage vs. Salary

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Practice question

A worker performs agreed employment services under an established oral arrangement. Employer says remuneration cannot be a wage because no written salary contract exists. Which is correct?
  1. An oral employment arrangement can never involve wages.
  2. Only notarization creates labor remuneration.
  3. A bank transfer is required for wage status.
  4. The statutory definition is not confined to written contracts.
  5. No employee may prove unwritten terms.

Legal references

  • Labor Code Articles 84, 94 and 97(f): https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html

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