DoLE issues 2024 holiday pay rules

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) has released the pay guidelines for regular holidays and special non-working holidays for 2024.

Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma released Labor Advisory 27, Series of 2023, calling on employers to comply with general labor standards.

«I called on employers not only to comply with the salary guidance but also to be generous with their employees. It will lead to more productive and competent employees, and good for business,» Laguesma said.

Employees who will render work during regular holidays are entitled to 200 percent of their wage for the first eight hours.

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, meanwhile, shall be paid an additional 30 percent of their hourly rate on the said day. The computation is: 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 a 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.

For special (non-working) days, the «no work, no pay» principle shall apply unless there is a favorable company policy, practice, or collective bargaining agreement (CBA) granting payment on a special day.

Meanwhile, employees who will render work shall be paid an additional 30 percent of their basic wage on the first eight hours, while those who will render overtime work shall be paid an additional 30 percent of their hourly rate on the said day.

Employees who will work on a special day that also falls on their rest day shall be