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personnel"shallincluderesidentphysicians,nurses,nutritionists,dietitians,pharmacists,socialworkers,laboratorytechnicians,paramedicaltechnicians,psychologists,midwives,attendantsandallotherhospitalorclinicpersonnel.
NORMALHOURSOFWORK;CANBEREDUCEDONACCOUNTOFBUSINESSLOSSES
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Adayshallmeanaworkdayof24consecutivehoursbeginningatthesametimeeachcalendarday
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Weekshallmeantheworkweekof168consecutivehoursorsevenconsecutive24‐hourworkdays,beginningatthesamehourandonthesamecalendardayeachcalendarweek
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Theeight‐hourrequirementdoesn'tprecludetheemployerhoweverinitsexerciseofmanagementprerogativetoreducethenumberofworkinghours,providedthatthereisnoconcomitantreductionofpay.
THEPROVISIONONHEALTHPERSONNELDOESN'TMEANTHATTHEYAREENTITLEDTOPAYTO6
TH
AND7
TH
DAYSOFNOWORK;
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Accordingtothe
SanJuanDeDiosHospitalcase
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5daysaweekisonlywhenthepersonnelworksPurposeofthelaw
HEALTHPERSONNEL
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Withrespecttohealthpersonnel,accordingtothecaseof
Narvasav.Nawasa
,thepurposeofthelawishealth
APPLICABILITYTOPHYSICIANS
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Felixv.Buenaseda
:residentphysicianwhoisintrainingisnotnecessarilynotyetconsideredasanemployee
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Takenotehoweverthataresidentphysiciandoesn'tnecessarilymeantobeatraineeoremployee.
ARTICLE83ISAMENDEDBYRA7395
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Article83onlypertainstoprivatehealthpersonnel
Art.84.Hoursworked.
Hoursworkedshallinclude(a)alltimeduringwhichanemployeeisrequiredtobeondutyortobeataprescribedworkplace;and(b)alltimeduringwhichanemployeeissufferedorpermittedtowork.Restperiodsofshortdurationduringworkinghoursshallbecountedashoursworked.
COMPENSABLEHOURSWORKED
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Shallinclude—alltimeduringwhichanemployeeisrequiredtobeondutyortobeattheemployer’spremisesortobeattheprescribedworkplace,andallthetimeduringwhichanemployeeissufferedorpermittedtowork
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Restperiodsofshortdurationduringworkinghoursshallbecountedashoursworked
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Thefollowingfactorsneednotbeconcurringaltogether—duty,workplace,permittedtowork,sufferedtowork
PRINCIPLESINDETERMININGHOURSWORKED
1.
Allhoursarehoursworkedwhichtheemployeeisrequiredtogivetohisemployer,regardlessofwhetherornotsuchhoursarespentinproductivelabororinvolvephysicalormentalexertion2.
Anemployeeneednotleavethepremisesoftheworkplaceinorderthathisrestperiodshallnotbecounted,itbeingenoughthathestopsworking,mayrestcompletely,andmayleavehisworkplace,togoelsewhere,whetherwithinoroutsidethepremisesofhisworkplace3.
Iftheworkperformedwasnecessary,oritbenefitedtheemployer,ortheemployeecouldn'tabandonhisworkandtheendofhisnormalworkinghoursbecausehehadnoreplacement,alltimespentforsuchworkshallbeconsideredashoursworked,iftheworkwaswiththeknowledgeofhisemployerorimmediatesupervisor
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