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Book III — Conditions of Employment

Article 101Payment by results.

PD 442 · Labor Code of the PhilippinesELI5 guide available

ELI5— what this means for you

The Secretary of Labor regulates payment-by-results arrangements (pakyao, piecework, etc.) to ensure fair wages. Time-and-motion studies or worker-employer consultations guide the rates.

Key point

Official text — PD 442

Payment by results.

The Secretary of Labor and Employment shall regulate the payment of wages by results, including pakyao, piecework, and other non-time work, in order to ensure the payment of fair and reasonable wage rates, preferably through time and motion studies or in consultation with representatives of workers’ and employers’ organizations.

Chapter III

PAYMENT OF WAGES

Source: lawphil.net (PD 442 as amended)

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