Short answer. No, not as a routine arrangement. Article 105 of the Labor Code requires wages to be paid directly to the worker they are due to. Payment through another person is allowed only in narrow situations — force majeure or special circumstances the Secretary of Labor recognizes, and only with your own written authority, or after your death.
What the law says
Wages shall be paid directly to the workers to whom they are due, except: In cases of force majeure rendering such payment impossible or under other special circumstances to be determined by the Secretary of Labor and Employment in appropriate regulations, in which case, the worker may be paid through another person under written authority given by the worker for the purpose
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Direct payment is the rule
Article 105 opens with a clear default: wages shall be paid directly to the workers to whom they are due. Your employer's obligation runs to you personally, not to a supervisor, a team lead, or anyone else standing between you and the payroll department. Routing your pay through a third person as a matter of convenience or company practice is not what the article contemplates — direct payment is stated as the rule, with the exceptions that follow deliberately narrow.
The exception for force majeure or special circumstances
The first exception applies in cases of force majeure rendering such payment impossible or under other special circumstances to be determined by the Secretary of Labor and Employment in appropriate regulations. Even then, payment through someone else requires written authority given by the worker for the purpose — meaning you would have had to authorize that specific arrangement in writing yourself. An employer cannot decide unilaterally that circumstances justify paying a third party; the article ties the exception to conditions the Secretary of Labor defines and to your own written say-so.
The exception when the worker has died
The article's second exception covers a worker who has died, allowing the employer to pay wages owed to the heirs without a full intestate proceeding, once the heirs execute an affidavit of relationship and the employer routes payment through the Secretary of Labor's representative, who divides the amount among them. Article 105 states this payment shall absolve the employer of any further liability with respect to the amount paid — but that protection is specific to this death scenario and its documented procedure, not a general license to pay any third party instead of the worker.
If your pay is going through someone else without your authorization
If wages that are due to you are instead being handed to a supervisor or another person, and you never gave written authority for that arrangement, the situation does not fit either exception the article allows. The article gives you a clear reference point: absent your written authorization or the specific circumstances the law describes, payment belongs to you directly. Keep records of what you were owed, what was actually paid, and to whom, since that documentation is what any dispute over the missing wages will turn on.