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Practice question: Payment by Hours Worked

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

An hourly worker has one hour of undertime Monday and one ordinary-day overtime hour Tuesday. There is no valid CWW or exemption. The employer nets the hours and pays no overtime. Which rule applies?
  1. Article88 prohibits offsetting one day’s undertime against another day’s overtime
  2. The two days automatically cancel for all wage purposes
  3. Weekly arithmetic always defeats daily overtime
  4. The worker forfeits all Tuesday pay
  5. Overtime can be offset whenever total weekly hours are low

Legal references

  • Labor Code Articles84,88,101–105: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html Articles84–85 and88.

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