Practice question
An employer proposes to pay a covered caregiver solely through grocery vouchers. The caregiver’s cash wages are otherwise due. Which rule applies?
- Vouchers are always an adequate replacement for the cash wage
- RA 11965 prohibits replacing the cash wage with vouchers and the other listed substitutes
- Payment form is unrestricted if the employer is a household
- Vouchers become valid cash wages if issued twice monthly
- The caregiver must accept any object the employer selects
Legal references
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/96878 — RA 11965, sections 3–5 and 8–16.
- https://www.alburolaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/052125-DO-254-25-Implementing-Rules-and-Regulations-of-RA-No.-11965-or-the-Caregivers-Welfare-Act.pdf — issued DO 254-25 scan, Rule I section 3; Rule IV sections 1–3, caregiver rights, compensation, and duties.
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