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Practice question: No Work, No Pay; Fair Day’s Wage for a Fair Day’s Work

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Can a mere arithmetic schedule of claimed workdays necessarily replace competent proof of disputed services?
  1. Yes; every private computation proves all work.
  2. No.
  3. Only if the total is large.
  4. Yes; multiplication establishes attendance.
  5. No; documentary or other competent work evidence is never relevant.

Legal references

  • Aklan Electric Cooperative v. NLRC, G.R. No. 121439, January 25, 2000, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2000/jan2000/gr_121439_2000.html
  • Protective Maximum Security Agency v. Fuentes, G.R. No. 169303, February 11, 2015, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/feb2015/gr_169303_2015.html
  • Labor Code Articles 84, 94 and 97(f): https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html

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