Labor Standards

1.) This is issued by DOLE authorizing a person or entity to operate a private employment agency.

a. License
b. Document
c. Authority
d. Charter party

2.) The following may engage in the recruitment and placement of workers, locally and overseas, except:

a. Public employment offices
b. Private employment agencies
c. Shipping or manning agents
d. Local employment agencies

3.) Direct hiring of Filipino workers for overseas employment is not allowed. The following are not
covered by this rule, except:

a. Members of the diplomatic corps
b. International organizations
c. Multinational Corporations
d. Name hirees

4.) The accused X and Y represented themselves to complainants A and B to have the capacity to send
workers abroad, although they did not have any authority or license. It is by this representation that
they induced complainants to pay a placement fee. X and Y may also be liable for

a. Illegal recruitment by economic sabotage
b. Illegal recruitment in large scale
c. Syndicated Illegal recruitment
d. Estafa

5.) The Labor Code applies to:

a. Employees in a government corporation incorporated under the Corporation Code
b. International Agencies
c. Employees of government corporations created by special or original charter
d. Government employees

6.) Which of the following is the most essential element without which there is no employer-employee
relationship.

a. Hiring
b. Control
c. Firing
d. Payment of wages

7.) Who has jurisdication over all money claims of overseas filipino workers arising from employer-
employee relationship?

a. labor arbiters
b. POEA
c. regular courts
d. voluntary arbitrators

8.) A Filipino serviceman who is working in a US military installation in Pakistan is mandatorily required
by law to remit to his family or dependents in the Philippines ____ of his foreign exchange earnings.

a. 70 per cent
b. 50 per cent
c. 80 per cent
d. none

9.) Illegal recruitment involving economic sabotage prescribes in:

a. 10 years
b. 20 years
c. 5 years
d. imprescriptible

10.) Being the judge of the trial court, you found the accused Jonie guilty of simple illegal recruitment.
The proper penalty you would impose would be

a. life imprisonment
b. prision correctional
c. prision mayor
d. destierro


11.) Statement A - A company that exercises its prerogative to dismiss is not allowed to turn around and
deny employee-employer relationship.

Statement B - Alleging abandonment indicates employer-employee relationship.

a.) Both statements are true
b.) Both statements are false
c.) Only statement A is true
d.) Only statement B is true

12.) Statement A - It is the employers duty to inform the probationary employee reasonable work
standards.

Statement B -The employer may terminate the services of probationary employee without valid cause as
long as such termination is done within the six month trial period.

a) Both statements are true
b) Both statements are false
c) Only statement A is true
d) Only statement B is true


Answers: 1.) a 2.) d 3.) c 4.) d 5.) b 6.) b 7.) a 8.) d 9.) b 10.) c 11.) a 12.) c


1. The government-owned and controlled corporations with original charter refer to corporations
chartered by special law distinguished from corporations organized under our general incorporation
statute, the Corporation Code. Thus, under the present state of the law, GOCCs with original charter are
subject to what law?

A. Labor Code
B. Corporation Code
C. Civil Service Law
D. Civil Service Rules

2. In the case of Euro-Linea Phils. Inc. vs. National Labor Relations Commission, it was held that in
interpreting the Constitutions protection to labor and social justice provisions and the labor laws and
rules and regulations implementing the constitutional mandate, the Supreme Court adopts what
approach which favors the exercise of labor rights?

A. Labors Welfare
B. Liberals Approach
C. Liberal Workers Approach
D. Laborers Approach

3. There are important principles for the entitlement to Maternity Leave under the SSS law. One of this
is:

A. Full payment shall be advanced by the employer within 30 days from the filing of the maternity leave
application
B. Full payment shall be advanced by the employer within 15 days from the filing of the maternity leave
application
C. Maternity benefits shall be paid only for the first 2 deliveries of miscarriages
D. Maternity benefits shall be paid only for the first 5 deliveries of miscarriages

4. Under RA 9262 on Battered Woman Leave, it provides that an employee is entitled to a paid leave of
up to 10 days in addition to other paid leaves under the Labor Code, other laws and company policies,
provided the following requisites must be present, except for one invalid requisite:

A. Employee is a woman
B. She is a victim of physical, sexual or psychological violence
C. She applies for the issuance of the protection order
D. She can claim administrative and court order to claim such leave

5. Under RA 8187 on Paternity Leave Act of 1996, paternity leave refers to the benefits granted to the
following employees:

A. Both male and female employees in public sectors only
B. Both male and female employees in private sectors only
C. All married male employees in the public and privates sectors
D. All married male employees in the private sectors

6. Anti-Sexual Harassment Act is committed by any person having:

A. Authority or Influence
B. Authority, influence, moral ascendancy over another in a work or education or training environment,
and who demands, requests or otherwise requires any lascivious favor which would result in a hostile or
offensive environment
C. Authority, influence, moral ascendancy over another in a work or education or training environment,
and who demands money which would result in a hostile or offensive environment
D. Authority, influence, moral ascendancy over another in a work or education or training environment,
and who demands, requests or otherwise requires any sexual favor which would result in a hostile or
offensive environment

7. Anti-Child Abuse Act, or otherwise known as, An Act Providing for Stronger Deterrence and Special
Protection against Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination, providing Penalties for its Violation and
for Other Purposes, was strengthened by what Republic Act?

A. RA 7658
B. RA 7758
C. RA 7856
D. RA 7652

8. In Article 151 of the Labor Code, it implied that since the relationship between the employer and the
househelper is a fiduciary one, the Court cannot order the employer to re-hire the househelper, even if
the latter was unjustly dismissed. Is this valid?

A. No, the employer cannot re-hire the househelper
B. No, the employer can indemnify the househelper
C. Yes, the Court can order the employer to re-hire the househelper
D. Yes, the Court cannot order the employer to re-hire the househelper, by operation of the law

9. All rights and benefits granted to workers under the Labor Code shall, except as may otherwise be
provided in the Code, apply alike to all workers, whether:

A. Agricultural or commercial
B. Agricultural or industrial
C. Agricultural or non-agricultural
D. Non-industrial or non-commercial

10. Complaints for violation of labor standards and the terms and conditions of employment involving
money claims of homeworkers exceeding PhP5,000 per homeworker shall be heard and decided by the:

A. Regional Director
B. Labor Arbiter in the NLRC
C. Secretary of Labor
D. Homeworkers Union

11. In the case of People v. Panis, which defined Recruitment and Placement in Article 13 (b), the
Court ruled that:

(a) That the number of persons is an essential ingredient of the act of recruitment and placement of
workers.
(b) That the number of persons is not an essential ingredient of the act of recruitment and placement of
workers.
(c) That the number of workers is essential to the employment.
(d) That the number of workers are not essential to the employment.

12. To pursue its responsibility to promote employment opportunities, the DOLE carries out programs
for local and overseas employment. However, effective allocation of manpower resources in local
employment is assigned to the:

(a) National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC)
(b) Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)
(c) Bureau of Local Employment (BLE)
(d) Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)

13. It shall be the duty of every employer to furnish his employees in any locality with free medical and
dental attendance and facilities. If the company/industry has one hundred (100) employees and exceeds
to three hundred (300), what does the provision stipulates?

(a) The services of full-time physician, dentist and a full-time registered nurse as well as a dental clinic,
and an infirmary or emergency hospital with one bed capacity.
(b) The services of a full-time registered nurse, a part-time physician and dentist, and an emergency
clinic.
(c) The services of a full-time registered nurse.
(d) None of the above

14. Which of the following is NOT a policy of the State?

(a) To promote and maintain a state of full employment through improved manpower training,
allocation and utilization.
(b) To protect every citizen desiring to work locally or overseas by securing for him the best possible
terms and condition of employment.
(c) To facilitate a free choice of available employment by persons seeking work in conformity with the
national interest.
(d) To ignore the movement of workers in conformity with the national interest.

15. Article 40 requires only non-resident aliens to secure employment permit. Resident aliens are not
required. For immigrants and resident aliens what is required is an:

(a) Employer-Employee Contract
(b) Alien Permit
(c) Alien Employment Registration Certificate
(d) Business Permit

16. Apprenticeship is the arrangement and the period when an upcoming worker undergoes hands-on
training, more or less formal, to learn the ropes of a skilled job. This program aims to:

(a) help meet the demand of the economy for trained manpower.
(b) establish a national apprenticeship program through the participation of employers, workers and
government and non-government agencies.
(c) establish apprenticeship standards for the protection of apprentices.
(d) All of the Above

17. When the death of a seaman resulted from a deliberate or willful act on his own life, and it is directly
attributable to the seaman himself, such death is:

(a) not compensable
(b) compensable
(c) maybe compensable
(d) valid
18. Who are NOT covered by the 24-Hour Duty Doctrine?

(a) Soldiers
(b) Doctors
(c) Policemen
(d) Peace Officers

19. Rafael was dismissed from overseas employment without just, valid or authorized cause, can he
claim full reimbursement of his placement fee? And can he obtain other benefits, if any?

(a) None, because of premature termination of contract.
(b) Yes, he can claim full reimbursement of his placement fee without other benefits.
(c) Yes, he can claim full reimbursement of his placement fee with interest at 12% per annum, plus his
salary for the unexpired portion of his employment
(d) None of the above

20.) Maria is a domestic helper of a Filipino business tycoon based in California, USA where she
complains about money claims. The Labor Code, under the Migrant Workers Law, do the statute and
regulations limit the coverage to non-Filipino or alien employers only?

(a) No, because nationality is immaterial
(b) Yes, because aliens are the ones covered under the law
(c) All of the above
(d) None of the Above