DoLE issues pay rules for Eid al-Adha

Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma. Photo from DoLE

PRIVATE sector employees who will not report for work on June 17, a regular holiday in observance of Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice), are entitled to receive the full amount of their daily pay, while those going on duty will be paid double.

In an advisory over the weekend, Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said: "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 the scheduled rest day of the employee, he or she shall be entitled to holiday pay if the employee reports to work or is on leave of absence with pay on the day immediately preceding the non-working day or rest day (Basic wage x 100 percent)," the advisory from the Department of Labor and Employment added.

For those who will be present at their jobs on Monday, the employer shall pay 200 percent of the employee's wage for that day for the first eight hours (basic wage x 200 percent).

If duty exceeds eight hours, the employee will receive an additional 30 percent of the hourly rate on said day (hourly rate of the basic wage x 200 percent x 130 percent x number of hours worked).

For work done during a regular holiday that falls on the employee's rest day, the employer shall pay the employee an additional 30 percent of the basic wage of 200 percent (basic wage x 200 percent × 130 percent).

Lastly, if the employee worked in excess of eight hours during a regular holiday that also falls on the employee's rest day, the employer shall pay the employee an additional 30 percent of the hourly rate on said day (hourly rate of the basic wage x 200 percent × 130 percent x 130 percent x number of hours worked).

President Ferdinant Marcos Jr. issued Proclamation 579, Series of 2024, declaring June 17 as a regular holiday in observance of Eid al-Adha or Feast of Sacrifice, one of the two major Islamic feasts.