SUGABO, JUDITH MAE F.

BSBA 3A
COMPENSATION ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 1&2

1. It is something given in addition to what is ordinarily received by or strictly due the recipient.

 Bunos

2. The granting of the 14th-month pay is a _____ which cannot be forced upon the employer.
 management prerogative

3. Representatives to buttress its submission that PTA is within the coverage of ____.
 RA 6971

4. Taxi drivers are not entitled to the 13th-month pay because they are specifically excluded by law
being governed by the

 boundary system

5. Act amending Article 287 of the Labor Code 

 R.A. 8558

6. Article 287 is about 

 retirement benefits

7. As it specifically provides that overload pay does not form part of the basic pay. this order surpresed
by?
 Sec. Trajano’s Explanatory Bulletin,

8. The uncertainty on whether overload pay should be included in the computation of

 13th month pay

9. Work performed on any special holiday shall be paid an additional compensation of at least what
percent?
 30%

10. An additional compensation other than and added to the regular wage or basic salary
 overtime pay

11. Presidential Decree 851 declaring that earnings and other remunerations which are not part of the
basic salary shall not be included in the computation of the 13th-month pay.
 Presidential Decree 851 

12. All allowances and monetary benefits which are not considered or integrated as part of the regular
basic salary of the employee at the time of the promulgation of the Decree on
• December 16, 1975

13. Cost-of-living allowances granted Pursuant to Presidential Decree No.

   525 

14. Who is the acting DOLE secretary?

 Cresenciano  Trajano

15. The basic wage is the basis of the ____?

 13th-month pay

16. There were ___ conflicting issuances in the past regarding teacher’s overload.
 two

17. How many hours that normal working day shall be considered in computing the 13th-month pay
 • 8

18. This means the load in excess of the normal load of private school teachers.
 overload

19. One who is vested with powers or prerogatives to lay down and execute management policies and/or
to hire, transfer, suspend, layoff, recall, discharge, assign, or discipline employees, or to effectively
recommend such managerial actions.
 managerial employee

20. Are not entitled to 13th-month pay.

 managerial employees

21. Cannot be compared to Christmas Bonus, milling bonus and amelioration bonus.
 christmas gift

22. Two leading cases that clarified the issues surrounding the commission payout in relation to 13th-
month pay
 The Boie-Takeda case and the Philippines Duplicators.

23. Consisting of a fixed or guaranteed wage plus commission

 remunerative schemes

24. If employees are paid a fixed or guaranteed wage plus commission they will be entitled to the
mandate?
 13th-month pay

25. Paid to any employee shall mean the remuneration or earnings.

 wage

26. Between the management and employees erupted. This act of the company in changing the formula at
this time cannot be sanctioned, as it indicates a badge of 
 bad faith

27. The company only changed the formula in the computation of the 13th-month pay after almost ___
years.
 30 
 28. Otherwise known as the Non-Diminution Rule, mandates that benefits given to employees cannot be
taken back or reduced unilaterally by the employer because the benefits has become part of the
employment contract, written or unwritten. 
 article 100 of the labor code

29. Any compensation or remuneration other than the daily wage rate is _____.
  excluded

30. These are excluded salary-related benefits.

 
1. Cash equivalent of unused vacation and sick leave credits
2. Overtime
3. Premium

31. Failure to pro-rate and by giving full amount may ripen into company practice which cannot be 
 unilaterally removed

32. This is an implicit acceptance that prior to the strike, a full month basic pay computation was the
present practice intended to be maintained in the 
 CBA 145
 

33. The payment of the 13th-month pay may be demanded by the 

 employee 

34. As used in the rules, workers paid on piece-rate basis shall refer to those who are paid a 
 standard amount

35. The thirteenth-month pay should be given to the employees not later than 
 December 24 of every year

36. Who issued Memorandum Order No. 28

 President Corazon Aquino

37. The employees covered by P.D. 851 or the 13th- month pay law in the 1970’s were those receiving a
basic salary of not more than ____ a month.
 1,000

38. A labor standard law which requires covered employers to pay their employees receiving not more
than P1,000.00 a month an additional thirteenth-month pay. 
 Presidential Decree No. 851 

39. Likewise contemplates on the possibility of any unclaimed or undistributed cash bonus and provides
for utilization of such amount. 
 RA 6982

40. On May 24, 1991, Republic Act No. ___ took effect.
 6982

41. Are paid upon the specific results achieved by a salesman-employee.  

  Commissions
 42. Closed by a salesman and operates as an integral part of such salesman basic pay.
- Percentage
 
 
43. Held further that both productivity bonuses and sales commissions have an incentive effect.
 Supreme Court

It applies if it is shown that the grant of the benefits is based on an express policy or has ripened into a practice
over a long period of time and that the practice is consistent and deliberate.
 diminution benefits
 
44. Article 100 of the Labor Code, otherwise known as
 Non-Diminution Rule

45. In another case, the practice of the company in giving 13th-month pay based on
 gross annual earnings
 
46. In the cases of Sevilla and Davao Fruits appears to be
the regularity and deliberateness of the grant of benefits over a significant period of time.
 common denominator
 
47. Infusion of the excluded salary-related benefits in the 13th-month pay may ripen into benefits that
cannot be.
 withdrawn

48. What memorandum order applies equally to “basic salary”?

 Memorandum Order No.28.

49. Is always challenging and important considering its impact on the lives of millions of employees in
the country.
 subject matter

50. They are are entitled to the pro-rata completion bonus if there is an undertaking for the grant of such
bonus.
- Employed