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GigaTech Manufacturing, Inc. employs Mina Santos as a non-managerial production worker. Her normal schedule is 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, with a 1-hour lunch break, totaling eight hours of work per day and 40 hours per week. For the past three weeks, the employer required her to stay until 7:00 p.m. on weekdays (two extra hours daily) and to work Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon (4 hours) with no overtime premium or rest-day pay. Her monthly salary is fixed and purports to cover the regular hours only. Answer: (a) Identify the controlling doctrine on normal hours of work; (b) Distinguish normal hours from overtime and rest-day work; (c) Apply the rules to the facts to determine whether the employer’s actions comply with law and what remedies the employee may pursue.