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Practice question: Prohibitions Regarding Wages

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

An employer paid PHP 800 as a consented worker-insurance premium and deducts PHP 1,000 under Article 113(a), with no other lawful deduction basis. What is the excess?
  1. PHP 1,000
  2. PHP 0
  3. PHP 800
  4. PHP 200
  5. PHP 1,800

Legal references

  • Labor Code, Articles 95, 113-115 and 123-124: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html
  • Omnibus Rules Implementing the Labor Code, Book III, Rule V and Rule VIII, Section 14: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442a_1974.html

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