Practice question
A payroll officer proposes paying a deceased worker’s final wages to adult claimants without any affidavit, arguing that the absence of intestate proceedings eliminates all safeguards. Which is correct?
- The statutory alternative retains the heirship affidavit and prescribed payment procedure
- No safeguards apply once intestate proceedings are absent
- Any first visitor may take the wages
- Death extinguishes all employee earnings
- The employer may keep the wages as profit
Legal references
- Labor Code Articles84,88,101–105: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html Articles104–105, place and authorized recipients.
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