Text of the provision

Art. 199. Earned benefits. Income benefits shall, with respect to any period of disability, be payable in accordance with this Title to an employee who is entitled to receive wages, salaries or allowances for holidays, vacation or sick leaves and any other award of benefit under a collective bargaining or other agreement.

Labor Code of the Philippines, Presidential Decree No. 442, as amended. Reproduced in full from the official enactment and verified against the LawPhil and ChanRobles renderings.

What this article means

Income benefits for a period of disability are still payable even though the employee is entitled to wages, salaries or allowances for holidays, vacation or sick leaves, or to any other award under a collective bargaining or other agreement.

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