Practice question
A domestic worker’s debt-service term is clearly fixed, but the employer applies none of the reasonably assessed value of the service to the debt. Does fixing the term alone defeat Section 4(a)?
- Yes, a fixed term cures every other defect.
- No; unreasonable application of the service value is a separate alternative in the definition.
- Yes, if the worker signs a time sheet.
- Yes, because debt bondage requires both defects simultaneously.
- No, because all fixed-term work is automatically criminal.
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 10361, Sections 4(a) and 15: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10361_2013.html Section 4(a).
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