Labor Code · Wages · Chapter III – Payment of Wages
Posting of Bond
An employer or indirect employer may require the contractor or subcontractor to furnish a bond equal to the cost of labor under contract, on
condition that the bond will answer for the wages due the employees should the contractor or subcontractor, as the case may be, fail to pay the same.
Text and numbering follow the Department of Labor and Employment's 2022 edition of Presidential Decree No. 442, as amended and renumbered under DOLE Department Advisory No. 01, series of 2015. Former article numbers are shown in brackets. Notes are DOLE's editorial notes. Amendments after that edition are not included. For information and research only, and not legal advice. For certified copies, refer to the Official Gazette or the issuing agency.