An Act to Amend Section One of Act Numbered Twenty-One Hundred and Ninety-Three, by Prohibiting the Payment of the Wages of a Laborer by Means of Tokens or Objects Other than Legal Tender Currency of the Philippine Islands
Act No. 2537, enacted on November 6, 1915, amends a previous law to prohibit the payment of wages to laborers in the Philippine Islands using anything other than legal tender currency. It specifically makes it unlawful for any business to force or compel employees to purchase goods from them or others, or to pay wages with tokens or non-monetary objects, unless the employee explicitly requests such payment. This legislation aims to protect workers from exploitation and ensure their wages are paid in recognized currency. The Act took effect immediately upon passage.
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- Act No. 2537
- Date Enacted
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- Statutes
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
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November 6, 1915
ACT NO. 2537
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE, BY PROHIBITING THE PAYMENT OF THE WAGES OF A LABORER BY MEANS OF TOKENS OR OBJECTS OTHER THAN LEGAL TENDER CURRENCY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Twenty-one hundred and ninety-three, entitled "An Act prohibiting, in the territory inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes the forcing, compelling, or obliging of any laborer or other employee to purchase merchandise, commodities, or personal property under certain conditions," is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation engaged in any business or enterprise in the Philippine Islands in any manner to force, compel, or oblige any laborer or other employee employed by him to purchase merchandise, commodities, or personal property of any kind or nature from such person, firm, or corporation, or from any other person, firm, or corporation, or pay or cause to be paid the wages due a laborer or employee by means of tokens or objects other than legal tender currency of the Philippine Islands, unless payment in objects, other than tokens and their similars, be expressly requested by the laborer or employee." aSIAHC
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 6, 1915.
Cite This Law
An Act to Amend Section One of Act Numbered Twenty-One Hundred and Ninety-Three, by Prohibiting the Payment of the Wages of a Laborer by Means of Tokens or Objects Other than Legal Tender Currency of the Philippine Islands, Act No. 2537, Nov 6, 1915 (Philippines)
An Act to Amend Section One of Act Numbered Twenty-One Hundred and Ninety-Three, by Prohibiting the Payment of the Wages of a Laborer by Means of Tokens or Objects Other than Legal Tender Currency of the Philippine Islands, Act No. 2537 (Phil. 1915)
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