The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Tuesday reminded private companies to observe the pay rules for the two regular holidays — April 9 (Araw ng Kagitingan) and April 10 (Eid’l Fitr).
Under Labor Advisory No. 05, series of 2024, private sector employees who reported for duty on the said holidays are entitled to receive 200% or double their daily wage.
"For work done during the regular holiday, the employer shall pay a total of 200% of the employees’ wage for that day for the first eight hours,” the DOLE said in its advisory.
For work done in excess of eight hours or overtime during the regular holiday, the employee should receive an additional 30% of the hourly rate on the said day, computed as [hourly rate of the basic wage x 200% x 130% x number of hours worked].
If the employee rendered duty on a regular holiday that also falls on his/her rest day, “the employer shall pay the employee an additional 30% of the basic wage of 200% [basic wage x 200% x 130%].”
“For work done in excess of eight hours during a regular holiday that also falls on the employee’s rest date, the employer shall pay the employee an additional 30% of the hourly rate on said day [hourly rate of the basic wage x 200% x 130% x 130% x number of hours worked],” the DOLE said.
If the employee did not report for duty on the regular holiday, he/she should still receive 100% of his/her wage for the day “provided that the employee reports to work or in on leave of absence with pay on the day immediately preceding the regular holiday.”
“Where the day immediately preceding the regular holiday is non-working date in the establishment or the scheduled rest day of the employee, he/she shall be entitled to holiday pay if the employee reports to work or is in on leave of absence with pay on the day immediately preceding the non-working day or rest day [basic wage x 100%,” the DOLE said.
