Labor Code · Working Conditions and Rest Periods · Chapter I – Hours of Work
Undertime Not Offset by Overtime
Undertime work on any particular day shall not be offset by overtime work on any other day. Permission given to the employee to go on leave on some other day of the week shall not exempt the employer from paying the additional compensation required in this Chapter.
See also Department Advisory No. 02 s. 2004, Implementation of Compressed Work Week Schemes, Department Advisory No. 02 s. 2009, Guidelines on the Adoption of Flexible Work Arrangements, and Department Advisory No. 04 s. 2010, Guidelines on the Implementation of Flexible Work Arrangements and the Exemption from the Nightwork Prohibition for Women Employees in the Business Process Outsourcing Industry.
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.