Frequently Asked Questions 

4. When Will the Employees get their Holiday Pay?

 

HOLIDAY PAY

 

The Labor Code requires the payment of an employee’s daily basic wage for all non working regular holidays.

There are 12 regular and 3 special non working holidays (see above) in the Philippines.

12 regular holidays are (Republic Act No. 9849):

– New Year’s day
– Maundy Thursday
– Good Friday
– Araw ng Kagitingan
– Labour Day
– Independence Day
– National Heroes’ Day
– Eidl Fitr
– Eidl Adha
– Bonifacio Day
– Christmas Day
– Rizal Day

 

Rate Example:
If work is accomplished on a regular holiday (up to 8 hours), an employee is entitled to at least twice (200%) of his basic wage. If the holiday corresponds to a scheduled rest day, the employee is entitled to an additional 30% based on his regular holiday rate of 200%, which comes to a total of at least 260%.

Absences

 

1. All covered employees shall be entitled to holiday pay when they are on leave of absence with pay on the workday immediately preceding the regular holiday. Employees who are on leave of absence without pay on the day immediately preceding a regular holiday may not be paid the required holiday pay if they do not work on such regular holiday.

 

2. Employers shall grant the same percentage of the holiday pay as the benefit granted by competent authority in the form of employee’s compensation or social security payment whichever is higher, if the employees are not reporting for work while on such leave benefits.

 

3. Where the day immediately preceding the holiday is a non-work day in the establishment or the scheduled rest day of the employee, he/she shall not be deemed to be on leave of absence on that day, in which case he/she shall be entitled to the holiday pay if he/she worked on the day immediately preceding the notwork day or rest day.

 

Successive Regular Holidays

Where there are two (2) successive regular holidays, like Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, an employee may not be paid for both holidays if he/she absents himself/herself from work on the day immediately preceding the first holiday, unless he/she works on the first holiday, in which case he/she is entitled to his/her holiday pay on the second holiday.