Practice question
A contractor deducts the price of damaged cloth from a homeworker’s earnings without showing responsibility or allowing an explanation. Is the deduction valid merely because the cloth was damaged?
- Yes, damage alone authorizes any deduction
- No, section 8 requires proof of responsibility and a reasonable opportunity to show cause, along with amount and weekly-rate limits
- Yes, if the contractor says the deduction is customary
- Yes, if the worker works from a rented home
- No, because deductions for proved damage are prohibited in every possible case
Legal references
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/41093 — DO 5, s. 1992, Rule XIV sections 1–3, 6–9, 11, and 13, industrial homework protections.
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