Labor Laws Reviewer

Question 1

Payment of the regular daily wage for any unworked regular holiday

Answer 1

holiday pay

Question 2

Every employee shall be paid a night shift differential of not less than ___ of his regular wage for each hour of work performed between 10:00 in the evening and 6:00 in the morning.

Answer 2

10%

Question 3

This pay should be given to the employees not later than December 24 of every year.

Answer 3

thirtheenth-month pay

Question 4

Leave benefits granted to a solo parent to enable him/her to perform parental duties and responsibilities where physical presence is required

Answer 4

parental leave

Question 5

Any person or association engaged in the recruitment and placement of workers, locally or overseas, without charging, directly or indirectly, any fee from the workers or employers

Answer 5

private recruitment agency

Question 6

An arrangement whereby a principal outsources a job, work or service to the contractor who performs these through its deployed personnel.

Answer 6

Job contracting

Question 7

Any female employee regardless of age and civil status shall be entitles to this special leave benefit

Answer 7

RA 9710 Special leave for women

Question 8

It shall be the duty of every employer, whether operating for profit or not, to provide each of his employees a rest period of not less than ___ after every 6 consecutive normal work days.

Answer 8

24 consecutive hours

Question 9

It is the reasonable connection between the particular activity performed by the employee and usual business or trade of the employer; the emphasis is on the necessity or desirability of the employee’s activity

Answer 9

regular employment

Question 10

Every worker shall be paid his regular daily wage during regular holidays, except in retail and service establishments regularly employing less than __ workers

Answer 10

None of these

Question 11

A mutual provident savings system for private and government employees and other earning groups, supported by matching mandatory contributions of their respective employers with housing as the primary investment.

Answer 11

Home development mutual fund or PAG-IBIG

Question 12

Work may be performed beyond 8 hours a day provided that the employee is paid for the overtime work, an additional compensation equivalent to his regular wage plus at least ___ thereof.

Answer 12

25%

Question 13

Days of paternity leave

Answer 13

7 calendar days

Question 14

Four fold test (SPPP)

Answer 14

Selection and engagement of employee
Payment of wages
Power of dismissal
Power of control

Question 15

It provides a package of benefits in the event of death, disability, sickness, maternity, old age, and unemployment.

Answer 15

Social security program

Question 16

Lowest amount of wage that an employer should pay an employee

Answer 16

minimum wage

Question 17

A pay that refers to additional compensation for work performed within 8 hours on non-work days, such as rest day and special days.

Answer 17

Premium pay

Question 18

It is the mandated administrator of the medicare program (noe known as NHP) under the National Health Insurance act of 2013 (Republic act 7875 as amended by RA 9241 and 10606)

Answer 18

The Philippine health Insurance Corporation or Philhealth

Question 19

Process where the parties agree to fix and administer terms and conditions of employment which must not be below the minimum standards fixed by law, and set a mechanism for resolving their grievances.

Answer 19

Collective bargaining

Question 20

The __ is usually created by a contract, either oral or written.

Answer 20

Employer-employee relationship

Question 21

The normal hours of work of any employee shall not exceed ___ hours a day

Answer 21

8

Question 22

Refers to the Philippine laws that provide minimum requirements regarding work conditions, work hours, wages, benefits and other employment conditions that are being implemented by management

Answer 22

Labor Standards

Question 23

Any individual, partnership, corporation or entity licensed by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to engage in the recruitment and placement of workers for local employment

Answer 23

Private Employment Agency

Question 24

Refers to the additional compensation for work performed beyond eight (8) hours a day

Answer 24

Overtime Pay

Question 25

Employees shall be retired upon reaching the age of _ years or more but not beyond _ years old and have served the establishment for at least _ years.

Answer 25

60 yrs - 65 yrs - 5yrs

Question 26

The minimum ___ shall be equivalent to one half (1/2) month salary for every year of service, a fraction of at least six (6) months being considered as one (1) whole year

Answer 26

Retirement pay

Question 27

The maternity leave benefits shall be for __ days with full pay, and additional fifteen (15) days with full pay in case the female employee qualifies as a solo parent under RA 8972, or the “Solo Parents Welfare Act of 2000”

Answer 27

105

Question 28

The employer may require an employee to work on any holiday but such employee shall be paid a compensation equivalent to __ his regular rate.

Answer 28

Twice

Question 29

A type of employment applies “where the work or service to be performed is __ in nature and the employment is for the duration of the season.

Answer 29

Seasonal Employee

Question 30

A type of employment that shall not exceed six (6) months from the date the employee started working, unless it is covered by an apprenticeship agreement stipulating a longer period

Answer 30

Probationary Employment

Question 31

Balance between the protection of workers; rights versus the exercise of management prerogatives by the employer in accordance with law and to achieve industrial peace

Answer 31

Labor Relations

Question 32

Every employee who has rendered at least one year of service shall be entitled to a yearly service incentive leave of __ days with pay

Answer 32

5

Question 33

The person supplying workers to an employer does not have substantial capital or investment in the form of tools, equipment, machineries, work premises, among others; and the workers recruited and placed by such person are performing activities which are directly related to the principal business of such employer

Answer 33

Labor-only Contracting

Question 34

(i.e., gross and habitual neglect of duty, fraud, or commission of a crime), and other similar causes as enumerated Article 297 (formerly Article 282) of the Labor Code

Answer 34

Separation Pay

Question 35

This ___ is a government program designed to provide a compensation package to public and private sector employees or their dependents in the event of work-related sickness, injury, disability, or death

Answer 35

PD 626-Employees’ Compensation Program

Question 36

within or without the family abode, which will result in physical, sexual, psychological harm or suffering, or economic abuse including threats of such acts, battery, assault, coercion, harassment or arbitrary deprivation of liberty.

Answer 36

RA (9626) or the Victims of Violence against women and their children

Question 37

Any female employee is entitled to __ of two (2) months with full pay based on her gross monthly compensation

Answer 37

Special Leave Benefit

Question 38

Work performed beyond eight hours on a holiday or rest day shall be paid and additional equivalent to the rate of the first eight hours on a holiday or rest day plus at least ___ thereof.

Answer 38

30%

Question 39

To determine the existence of an employer-employee relationship, the four-fold test is usually applied except for __

Answer 39

The hiring of employee

Question 40

Refers to the additional compensation of ten percent (10%) of an employee’s regular wage for each hour of work performed between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Answer 40

Night Shift Differential

Question 41

If the employees has rendered service for at least one (1) year in the same company, whether the __ employment is continuous or to, they shall be considered a regular employee with respect to the activity they are employed and will continue rendering services such as activity exists

Answer 41

Temporary / Casual Employment