Practice question
A household gives a domestic worker an advance. Later, it requires her to continue working as security for the debt, sets no service term, and applies no reasonable value of her work to repayment. She asks to leave, but the employer says accepting the money made the arrangement lawful. Which statement best applies RA 10361?
- Acceptance of an advance waives every statutory protection.
- The employer may continue the arrangement until any date it chooses.
- The arrangement constitutes prohibited debt bondage under the stipulated statutory features.
- The worker's name on a receipt conclusively validates indefinite service.
- Debt bondage is lawful whenever a household calls itself charitable.
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 10361, sections 4(a) and 15, https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10361_2013.html
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