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Practice question: Payment by Hours Worked

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

An hourly worker takes a genuine uninterrupted one-hour meal break, fully relieved of duties and free to use the time. No special rule or favorable agreement applies. Must it be counted solely because it occurs between work periods?
  1. No
  2. Yes; every interval inside a shift is necessarily work
  3. Yes; all meals are required production
  4. Yes; the employer’s existence makes every hour payable
  5. Yes; a meal always receives overtime premium

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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