Civil Code Art. 1691: Work and Labor

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1691
Topic: Work and Labor
Status: In force
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE VIII LEASE
Chapter: CHAPTER 3 Work and Labor
Year: 1949
Cited by: 1 Supreme Court decision in the Intellegal corpus

The provision

If the house helper is under the age of eighteen years, the head of the family shall give an opportunity to the house helper for at least elementary education. The cost of such education shall be a part of the house helper's compensation, unless there is a stipulation to the contrary.

Cases applying this article

Maritima v. Munoz G.R. No. L-3704

Civil Code, Art. 1691 is found in CHAPTER 3 Work and Labor of TITLE VIII LEASE of BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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