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Practice question: Industrial Homeworkers (See also DO 5, s. 1992)

Multiple Choice Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

An employer proposes to send toxic poisons to homes for processing there as industrial homework. Which section 13 rule applies?
  1. Home processing is automatically permitted if the worker agrees
  2. Homework on drugs and poisons and other processing requiring toxic-substance exposure is prohibited
  3. The prohibition applies only if the home has no internet
  4. The employer may avoid the rule by supplying gloves alone
  5. The worker must accept the assignment if piece rates are high

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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