Practice question
An employer offers store vouchers instead of wages and obtains the worker's written request for that arrangement. Does the request alone validate payment?
- No; Article 102 prohibits the listed substitutes even when expressly requested by the employee.
- Yes; any signed request removes the prohibition.
- Yes; vouchers are legal tender whenever printed by an employer.
- Only the size of the store determines legality.
- The employer may instead postpone wages indefinitely.
Legal references
- Labor Code, DOLE consolidated 2022 edition, specified articles: https://natlex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/15242/PHL15242%202022.pdf — Articles 102–105.
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