The Philippines will be marking its 114th Independence Day
celebration this coming June 12, which falls on a Tuesday. Some may be
asking if President Benigno Aquino III will move this holiday to June 11
to create another three-day weekend for Filipino workers, and as of
posting time, no announcement has been made.
June 12 is listed as a regular holiday throughout the country this 2012 by virtue of President Aquino’s Proclamation 295.
According to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), even if an
employee opts to not go to work on June 12, he/she will still get 100%
of his/her regular pay for that day. Meanwhile, those who will render
overtime work on June 12 stand to get twice their regular pay for the
said day (or more colloquially, a double pay).
Working beyond eight hours on June 12 would mean an additional
payment of 30% of one’s holiday rate for every additional hour. See the
complete list of DOLE holiday pay guidelines here.
If employees who have Tuesdays as their rest day come to work on
Independence Day, they will get plus 30% of their regular holiday rate.
Report for work in the work day before a holiday as mentioned in DOLE’s Handbook on Worker’s Statutory Monetary
Benefits (released in 2010), an employee is entitled to a holiday
premium only when “he/she is present or is on leave of absence with pay
on the work day immediately preceding the holiday.”
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