1.     Define, explain, and differentiate the following:

(a) Government employees;

(b) Managerial employees;

(c) Officers and members of the managerial staff;

(d) Field personnel;

(e) Members of the family of the employer who are dependent on him for support;

(f) Domestic helpers;

(g) Persons in the personal service of another;

(h) Workers paid by results. 

 

 

2.     What are the elements to be considered a member of the managerial staff? What is the test of supervisory or managerial status?

 

 

3.     Explain the concept of Compressed Workweek Schemes. Why does the DOLE encouraging employers and workers to enter into voluntary agreements adopting the same?

 

 

4.     Enumerate the general principles that govern in determining whether the time spent by an employee is considered hours worked.

 

5.     What is the exception of the one hour meal period for employees? Can it be shortened or lengthened? Explain.

 

 

6.     Explain the purpose of granting night shift differential pay. Are there any employees exempted from the night shift differential pay?

 

 

7.     What is the purpose of the law on overtime work? What is the condition for entitlement to overtime pay? Can an employer compel an employee to work overtime? Differentiate overload work from overtime work.

 

8.     Can Undertime be offset by Overtime? Explain.

 

 

9.     In what instances an employer may require work on a rest day?

 

 

10. Ana is working as a saleslady in MC Mall for almost 10 years. She works from Monday to Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Her basic pay per day is Php 600. Due to the exigency of her service during the peak season, which is from October to December, her employer would sometimes require her to work overtime. Compute her daily wage in the following instances:

 

a)     On Monday, October 27, her employer required her to render additional 4 hours of work.

 

b)    On Sunday, November 2, her employer asked her to report to work for 4 hours between 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

 

c)     On Wednesday, November 26, her employer asked her to render additional 6 hours of work.

d)    On Sunday, December 7, her employer required her to report to work from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. But due to an extra work that she needs to finish, she had to work for additional hours more until 12:00 a.m.

 

e)     Ana was promoted to be one of the Managerial Staff on one of their branches in Caloocan City effective December 15. Her salary was raised from Php 600 to Php 1,000 per day. Due to the exigency of her service, their over-all branch manager required her to work an extra hour on December 20. How much will she receive for that day?