Details about the Regular Holiday Computation Guide for Workers
REGULAR HOLIDAY COMPUTATION – Here is a guide on how much employees who reported to work on a regular holiday are entitled to.
Many working individuals are in the fields where there are no long paid vacation breaks from work. Thus, the regular holiday feels like a saving grace which can either bring these people an added time for rest or an additional pay to reduce the financial needs in the household or on a personal level.
In the Philippines, during regular holidays, the workers who need to report to duty are entitled to receive an extra pay while those whose work are suspended will still receive their salary for the day. The said labor rules cover the following:
- retail and service company employees of private firms
- government employees
- private company employees
- workers who are on a project or a purely commission basis of earning
- kasambahays or household workers
The regular holiday is a type of holiday where not only work in the private and public sectors is suspended but as well as classes in schools. Undeniably, countless individuals who are breadwinners of their families or those who have a lot of financial struggles look forward to regular holidays for the extra pay.
There is a regular holiday computation in the Philippines set by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) must be observed by the employers. Failure to do so may lead to penalties once the workers reported the case to the labor department.
The regular holiday computation in the Philippines include several cases.
- If a worker did not work on a regular holiday, he/she will still receive a full salary on the said day.
- If a worker worked for eight (8) hours on a regular holiday, the worker is entitled to a “Double Pay”. It means that the worker will get twice (2) his/her basic salary which is computed by adding the basic wage and the cost of living allowance (COLA).
- If a worker worked on overtime on a regular holiday, aside from the Double Pay, the worker is entitled to an extra pay that is equivalent to 30% of his/her daily rate for every hour of overtime work.
- If a worker’s rest day or dayoff falls on a regular holiday and he/she reported to duty, he/she is entitled for a Double Pay plus or on top of an equivalent of 30% of the said 200% salary for the day.
- If the worker worked overtime on a rest day which is a regular holiday, he/she is entitled to a total sum of a Double Pay or 200% salary for the day, 30% of the said Double Pay, and another 30% for every hour of overtime.
In the case of teachers, the law states that they are not paid for the regular holidays during semestral vacations while they get paid for the regular holidays during Christmas breaks.
In the case of employees who are paid based on the results of their work or output, the holiday pay must not go below their average daily earning for the latest seven (7) days of work prior to the holiday.
