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

Multiple Choice Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

An employer receives conforming finished home-assembled goods but says it will pay only after its own customer pays next month. No lawful contrary basis is shown. What does Section 6 require?
  1. Only the employer’s profit margin determines pay timing
  2. The customer’s delay automatically erases the worker’s claim
  3. The employer may always wait indefinitely
  4. The immediate payment rule must be applied rather than an added resale-payment condition
  5. Finished work is always donated until retail sale

Legal references

  • DOLE Department Order No. 5, series of 1992, Rule XIV, Sections 2, 6-7 and 9, industrial homework: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/41093

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