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Apr
Sales Commissions, Tax Rebates, or Profit Sharing may Form Part of the Employee’s Wage
The employee claims for payment of sales commissions, tax rebates, and profit sharing. The company denied contending that these are unfounded and without documentation and validation. The Supreme Court held that “Wage” paid to any employee shall mean the remuneration of earnings, however designated, capable of being expressed in terms of money, whether fixed or ascertained on a time, task, piece, or commission basis xxx. The aforesaid provision explicitly includes commissions as part of wages. Citing Iran v. NLRC, the Court held [...]