Private sector workers who will report for work on Eid’l Adha, June 28, will get double pay, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma issued Advisory No. 14 which stipulates the proper computation of workers’ wages for the declared regular holiday in observance of Eid’l Adha or the Islamic Feast of Sacrifice.
“Employees who will work during the regular holiday are entitled to 200 percent of their wage for the first eight hours. The computation is basic wage x 200 percent,” the advisory stated.
If the employees will not report for work, they shall be paid 100 percent of their wage for that day, provided they worked or were on leave of absence with pay on the day immediately preceding the regular holiday.
When the day immediately preceding the regular holiday is a non-working day in the establishment or the scheduled rest day of the employees, they shall be entitled to holiday pay if they worked or were on leave of absence with pay on the day immediately preceding the non-working day or rest day.
Employees who will render overtime work shall be paid an additional 30 percent of the hourly rate. The computation is an hourly rate of the basic wage x 200 percent x 130 percent x the number of hours worked.
Moreover, the advisory states that employees who will work on the said regular holiday that also falls on their rest day shall be paid an additional 30 percent of the basic wage of 200 percent; while those who will render overtime work shall be paid an additional 30 percent of the hourly rate on the said day.
