DOLE issues pay rules for Eid’l Adha holiday on Nov 16

The Department of Labor and Employment on Thursday night issued pay rules for Tuesday, which President Benigno Aquino III had declared a regular holiday. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz reminded employers in the private sector to follow these rules and core labor standards on Tuesday, which marks Eid'l-Adha. "President Aquino, by virtue of Proclamation No. 60 he issued last Tuesday, declared Eid’l Adha as a national holiday citing Republic Act (RA) No. 9849," the DOLE said in an article posted Thursday night on its website. In his proclamation, Aquino noted Eid’l Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice among Muslims, is “one of the two greatest feasts of Islam." (See: Aquino declares November 16 a non-working holiday) Baldoz said the rules protecting workers during the observance of the nationwide regular holiday on November 16 are as follows:

1. If the holiday falls on an employee’s regular workday:
   • If worked, the employee is entitled to 200 percent of his (or her) basic wage on the first eight hours and, for work in excess of the eight hours, to an additional 30 percent of his or her hourly rate on the said day.
   • If unworked, the employee is entitled to 100 percent of the regular daily rate, provided he was present, or was on leave with pay, on the workday immediately preceding the holiday.
2. If the day is the employee’s rest day:
   • If worked, the employee is entitled, on the first eight hours, to 200 percent of his daily rate plus 30 percent of said rate or a total of 260 percent for the first eight hours.
   • In excess of eight hours, plus 30 percent of his hourly rate on said day.
   • If unworked, the employee is entitled to 100 percent of his or her regular daily rate, provided he was present, or was on leave with pay, on the workday immediately preceding the holiday.
3. In case the day immediately preceding the holiday is a non-work day in the establishment, or is the scheduled rest day of the employee:
   • the employee shall not be deemed on leave of absence on that day, in which case he or she shall be entitled to the holiday pay.

The DOLE said feedback and inquiries may be forwarded to the DOLE Call Center at Hotline 2917 from Globe or TM mobile phones; 908-2917 from landline phones; or text (SMS) at 2910. One may also dial the Bureau of Working Conditions at trunk line 527-3000, local 302.—JV, GMANews.TV