WORKERS in the private sector who will be working on April 9 (Araw ng Kagitingan or Day of Valor) and April 10 (Eid al-Fitr or the end of Ramadan) are entitled to 200 percent of their salary for each of the twin regular holidays.
In Labor Advisory 05 issued on Friday, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) reminded employers to follow the pay rules.
The 200-percent pay covers the first eight hours (basic wage times two).
In excess of eight hours, the DoLE said the employer should pay the employee an additional 30 percent of the hourly rate (hourly rate of the basic wage times 200 percent times 130 percent times the number of hours worked).
The employee who will work during a regular holiday that also falls on his/her rest day shall receive an additional 30 percent of the basic wage of 200 percent (basic wage times 200 percent x 130 percent).
In excess of eight hours during a regular holiday that also falls on the employee’s rest day, the overtime pay is computed at an hourly rate of the basic wage times 200 percent times 130 percent times the number of hours worked.
If the employee does not work, the employer shall pay 100 percent of the employee’s wage for that day, provided that the employee reports to work or is on leave of absence with pay on the day immediately preceding the regular holiday.
Where the day immediately preceding the regular holiday is a non-working day in the establishment or is the scheduled rest day, the employee shall be entitled to holiday pay if he/she reports to work or is on leave of absence with pay on the day immediately preceding the non-working day or rest day.
The Day of Valor remembers the soldiers who fought and died for freedom against Japanese invaders in the Battle of Bataan in 1942.
Eid al-Fitr is one of two major Muslim holidays and celebrates the end of the monthlong Ramadan dawn-to-sunset fasting.
– The Manila Times
