Tag - Wage deduction

Delayed Release of Final Pay may Result in Criminal Liability

Final pay, last pay, or back pay, means the same under Labor Advisory 6, Series of 2020 issued by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). To grasp the concept of the rules governing final pay, it is important to understand the rules, doctrines, and principles that interplay on this matter. Considering that this may relate to the policies and rules of employer, the principle on construction in favor of labor applies. Art. 4, of the Labor Code provides that all [...]

Wage Deduction and Withholding

Wage is defined as the remuneration or earnings, however designated, capable of being expressed in terms of money, whether fixed or ascertained on a time, task, piece, or commission basis, or other method of calculating the same, which is payable by an employer to an employee under a written or unwritten contract of employment for work done or to be done, or for services rendered or to be rendered and includes the fair and reasonable value, as determined by [...]

Payment for the Cost of Employee Uniform

As a rule, the company cannot deduct from the wages of the employee the cost of uniform. This may be interference in the disposal of employee’s wages. However, can the employer and employee agree on the payment of the cost of uniform? This contemplates the situation where parties agreed before engagement that the company will have a uniform to cost of which to be split with employee. If the employee agrees then he incurs a valid obligation. However, the story is [...]

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