Holiday Pay Rule for November 30, 2007

Since November 30 was a Regular Holiday commemorating Bonifacio Day, here are the rules to be followed:

• Every employee covered by the Holiday Pay Rule is entitled to his daily basic wage for any unworked regular holiday. This means that the employee is entitled to at least 100% of his basic wage even if he did not report for work, provided he is present or is on leave of absence with pay on the work day immediately preceding the holiday.

• Work performed on that day merits at least twice (200%) the basic wage of the employee.

• Where the holiday falls on the scheduled rest day of the employee, work performed on said day merits at least an additional 30% of the employee's regular holiday rate of 200% or a total of at least 260%.

1. All covered employees shall be entitled to holiday pay when they are on leave of absence with pay. 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 have not worked 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 they are not reporting for work while on such benefits.
3. Where the day immediately preceding the holiday is a non-working day in the establishment or the scheduled rest day of the employee, he shall not be deemed to be on leave of absence on that day, in which case he shall be entitled to the holiday pay if he worked on the day immediately preceding the non-working day or rest day.

• The rule in case of successive regular holidays is as follows: An employee may not be paid for both holidays if he absents himself from work on the day immediately preceding the first holiday, unless he works on the first holiday, in which case, he is entitled to his holiday pay on the second holiday.