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working day before the scheduled payday. If on account of force majeure or
circumstances beyond the employer’s control, payment of wages on or within the time
herein provided cannot be made, the employer shall pay the wages immediately after
such force majeure or circumstances have ceased (Title II Chapter III Art. 103 of the Labor
Code).

b. Any discrepancy or query regarding the salary received should be communicated
immediately to the payroll clerk so that the adjustment or corrections can be done.

1.2 PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS

Article IV Section 113 of the Labor code states that wage deduction from the wages of the
employees may be made by the employer in any of the following cases:

a. When the deductions are authorized by law (i.e. SSS, Pag-IBIG, Philhealth) or authorized
in writing by the individual employee himself;

b. When the deduction are with the written authorization of the employees for payment to a
third person and the employer agrees to do so, provided that the latter does not receive
any pecuniary benefits, directly or indirectly from the transaction.

Based on the above provisions, the School shall allow deductions in an employee’s payroll in the
following manner:
a. Priority in the granting of salary deductions shall be arranged according to the following
sequence;

1 Priority – Deduction mandated by law (e.g. SSS, Philhealth, Pag-ibig etc.)
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2 Priority – Tuition fees of dependents and own tuition fee
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3 Priority – Emergency and other loans
4 Priority – Due to other entities
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In case there is already an existing emergency Loan and Paying capacity will not allow it, Tuition
fee deduction shall be denied and other entities will have to be paid through the Cashier or directly to the
concerned entity as the situation demands.

b. In all instances, paying capacity shall determine whether salary deduction can be allowed
or not, after considering the minimum take home pays and other deductions already
existing at the time of submission of the Authority to deduct.

1.3 TUITION FEE DEDUCTIONS

a. Deduction shall be allowed for a maximum of four (4) dependents or children of
permanent and/or full-time faculty, staff, administrator or employee. These dependents
are:
i. Legitimate/Legitimated Children
ii. Designated Scholar/Beneficiaries
b. The Accounting Office shall require each permanent/fulltime personnel (administrators,
faculty members and staff) to submit a list of their respective dependents (maximum of
four) with a request letter for deductions before any tuition fee deduction can be
effected.

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