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Practice question: Backwages

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Where final salary already covers a period, should the same period automatically be treated as wholly unpaid in the backwages start-date inquiry?
  1. No; identify when compensation was actually withheld
  2. Yes; every paid day must be paid twice
  3. Yes; evidence of payment must be ignored
  4. Yes; dismissal-notice date always overrides all paid coverage
  5. Yes; receipts are never relevant

Legal references

  • CP Reyes Hospital v Barbosa GR228357 April16,2024 ENBANC MAIN, actual compensation withholding and legal interest: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/apr2024/gr_228357_2024.html
  • Angono Medics v Agabin GR202542 December9,2020 MAIN, reinstatement offer versus actual restoration: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2020/dec2020/gr_202542_2020.html

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