THE labor department yesterday urged employers to do their “patriotic duty” by observing proper pay rules today, Independence Day.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said workers are entitled to get 200 percent of their regular salary for the first eight hours, when they report for work today.
For work done in excess of eight hours (overtime work), the employee should be paid an additional 30 percent of his or her hourly rate, she said.
“Proper observance of all holiday pay rules strengthens decent work and builds productivity. Voluntary labor standards compliance redounds to social protection and the competitiveness of business and industry,” she said in a statement.
With this, the Dole issued the following pay rules:
• If the employee did not work, he or she shall be paid 100 percent of his or her salary for that day.
• If 12 June is the employee’s rest day and he or she still reported for work, he or she shall be paid an additional 30 percent of his or her daily rate of 200 percent.
• If the employee worked more than eight hours on his or her rest day on 12 June, he or she shall be paid an additional 30 percent of his or her hourly rate on the day.
President Aquino, in Proclamation 831 dated July 17, 2014, declared Independence Day as a regular holiday. –pna
