Book III — Conditions of Employment
Article 145Assignment to non-household work.
ELI5— what this means for you
If a household worker is assigned to commercial, industrial, or agricultural work outside the home, they must be paid at the applicable non-agricultural or agricultural minimum wage — not the lower household worker rate.
Key point
Official text — PD 442
Assignment to non-household work.
No househelper shall be assigned to work in a commercial, industrial or agricultural enterprise at a wage or salary rate lower than that provided for agricultural or non-agricultural workers as prescribed herein.
Source: lawphil.net (PD 442 as amended)
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