EMPLOYER - one who employs the services of others; one for whom employees work and who pays

their wages or
salaries.

EMPLOYEE - one who works for an employer; a person working for salary or wages

APPRENTICESHIP - practical training on the job supplemented by related theoretical instruction.

APPRENTICE - worker who is covered by a written apprenticeship agreement with an individual employer or any of
the entities recognized under this chapter

APPRENTICEABLE OCCUPATION - any trade, form of employment or occupation which requires more than3
months of practical training on the job supplemented by related theoretical instruction

APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENT - an employment contract wherein the employer binds himself to train the
apprentice and the apprentice in turn accepts the terms of training

ON-THE-JOB TRAINING – the practical work experience through actual participation in productive activities given
to or acquired by an apprentice

HIGHLY TECHNICAL INDUSTRIES – trade, business, enterprise, industry or other activity, which is engaged in the
application of advanced technology

DIRECTION: ANSWER CLEARLY AND WRITE LEGIBLY. ALWAYS SUPPORT YOUR ANSWERS WITH LEGAL BASIS.

1. Are apprentices entitled to compensation? Why or why not?

2. Can overtime work be offset by under time or lates? Why or why not?
3. Can an employer require an employee to work even on the employees rest day?
4. Is meal time compensable? Why or why not?
What is the control test?

ACTIVITY 4

DIRECTION: Define or give the meaning of the following:

1. Apprentice- worker who is covered by a written apprenticeship agreement with an individual

employer or any of the entities recognized under this chapter
2. Apprenticeship program- is a system for training a new generation of practitioners of a trade
or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study (classroom
work and reading)
3. Wage- 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
or 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 of board, lodging, or other facilities
customarily furnished by the employer to the employee.
4. Service incentive leave
5. Regular employees
6. Management prerogative
7. Fair day’s wage for a fair day’s labor
8. Security of tenure