LABOR STANDARDS

(Labor Code – Book III)

1. Art. 82
a. Covered employees – Title I Book III – all employees in all establishments
for profit or not.
b. Excluded employees:
i. Government employees
ii.Managerial employees
iii. Managerial staff
iv. Members of the family of the employer who are dependent
on him for support
v.Domestic servants and persons in the personal service of another
vi. Workers paid by result
vii. Field personnel – Auto Bus Transport System, Inc. vs.
Bautista, GR No. 156367, May 16, 2005
c. Who are government employees?
d. Who are managerial employees?
e. Who is considered a managerial staff?
f. Who are field personnel?
2. Article 84
a. What are compensable hours?
3. Article 83
a. Normal working hours of work for employees
b. For health personnel
c. Compressed Work Week – DOLE Advisory No. 02 s. 2004
Wages
a. Definition – Art. 97/98
b. Basic wage – IRR of LC, Rule VII Book III, Sec. 1(n)
c. Minimum wage - Art. 99
d. Statutory minimum wage – IRR of LC, Rule VII, Book III, Sec. 1(o)
e. Facilities vs. supplements – SLL International Cable Specialist vs. NLRC,
GR No. 172161, March 2, 2011.
1. Our Haus Realty Development Corp. vs. Parian, GR No.
204651, August 6, 2014.
f. Fair day’s wage for fair day’s labor
g. Equal pay for equal work
Agriculture - definition
Art. 120 to 121– NWPC
Art. 122 to 124 – RTWPB
Procedure in issuance of wage orders – Art. 123/124
Wage Distortion
a. An existing hierarchy of positions with corresponding salary rates
b. A significant change in the salary rate of a lower pay class without a
concomitant increase in the salary rate of a higher one
c. The elimination of the distinction between the two levels
d. The existence of the distortion in the same region of the country
(Prubankers Association vs. Prudential Bank and Trust Co. 302 SCRA 74,
1999)
How are wage distortions resolved?