Practice question
An independent physician certifies a pregnant worker fit for night work only during a specified stage of pregnancy. The employer uses that certificate as blanket authorization throughout all later stages without further support. What does the statutory certification requirement indicate?
- The specified safe pregnancy period matters; the limited certificate is not unlimited authorization
- Every certificate remains valid for every later pregnancy stage
- Only the employer may interpret medical limitations
- Pregnancy stage is expressly irrelevant
- The medical limitation automatically disappears after one shift
Legal references
- RA 10151, inserted Labor Code Articles 156-161, night-work protections: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2011/ra_10151_2011.html
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