Practice question
A seventeen-year-old is offered eight-hour daytime shifts six days weekly at unusually high wages. The employer says each day is legal and the extra compensation justifies forty-eight hours in the week. Assume no other disqualifying condition. Which is correct?
- The forty-hour weekly ceiling is exceeded, and higher wages do not waive it
- Eight-hour days make any weekly total lawful
- A child can sell the statutory weekly protection
- High wages change the worker’s age
- Only unpaid hours count toward the ceiling
Legal references
- RA7610, Section 12-A(2), inserted by RA9231: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2003/ra_9231_2003.html
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