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    Under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code , what are the conditions for a worker to be entitled to leave with wages in a calendar year?

    A The worker must work at least 300 days in a calendar year to qualify for any leave Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B The worker is entitled to leave only after completing two years of continuous service Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C The worker must have worked for 180 days or more in the calendar year and is entitled to one day of leave for every twenty days of work (fifteen days for adolescent workers or workers employed in below-ground mines) Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D The worker is entitled to leave regardless of the number of days worked in a calendar year Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E The worker must work at least 180 days, but leave is granted only for every thirty days of work. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Section 32 Annual leave with wages : (1) Every worker employed in an establishment shall be entitled for leave in a calendar year with wages subject to the following conditions, namely:— (i) that he has worked one hundred and eighty days or more in such calendar year; (ii) that he shall be entitled for one-day leave for every twenty days of his work, in the case of adolescent worker for fifteen days of his work, and in case of worker employed below ground mine, at the rate of one day for every fifteen days of his work, in such calendar year; (iii) any period of layoff, maternity leave or annual leave availed by such worker in such calendar year shall be counted for calculating the period of one hundred and eighty days or more under clause (i), but he shall not earn leave for the period so counted.

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