1.

Commercial industry refers to an industry that focuses on widespread production with the goal
of selling the maximum amount of products possible to consumers.
2. Discrimination refers to the treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or
against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing
belongs rather than on individual merit.
3. Employee refers to a person who performs professional, managerial, or administrative work and
is paid salaries by the employer as compensation for services.
4. Employer includes any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in
relation to an employee and shall include the government and all its branches, subdivisions and
instrumentalities, all government-owned or controlled corporations and institutions, as well as
non-profit private institutions, or organizations.
5. Entity refers to any person, natural or juridical, employing at least 50 workers as defined herein.
6. Job applicant refers to a person who applies for employment.
7. Manufacturing is the process of transforming materials or components into finished products
that can be sold in the marketplace.
8. Manufacturing Industry refers to an industry which delves into manufacture and trade based on
the fabrication, processing, or preparation of products from raw materials and commodities.
This includes all food, chemicals, textiles, machines and equipment, refined materials and
minerals derived from extracted ones, as well as all lumber, wood, and pulp products.
9. Student refers to any person at least 15 years of age but not more than 25 years old who is
either enrolled in any institution for secondary, tertiary, vocational or technological institutions
or intending to be enrolled in any of these schools.
10. Worker refers to a person who performs manual labor involving skilled or unskilled work, and is
paid wages by the employer is consideration for the services rendered.
11. Working student refers to a student enrolled in an educational institution while also engaged in
employment.