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Article 81Eligibility for apprenticeship.

PD 442 · Labor Code of the PhilippinesELI5 guide available

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Handicapped workers may be hired as apprentices or learners if their condition does not prevent them from performing the job tasks involved.

Key point

Official text — PD 442

Eligibility for apprenticeship.

Subject to the appropriate provisions of this Code, handicapped workers may be hired as apprentices or learners if their handicap is not such as to effectively impede the performance of job operations in the particular occupations for which they are hired.

BOOK THREE

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Title I

WORKING CONDITIONS AND REST PERIODS

Chapter I

HOURS OF WORK

Source: lawphil.net (PD 442 as amended)

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