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DOLE: Additional 30% pay for employees working on Election Day


The Department of Labor and Employment on Monday reminded private sector employers of pay rules for their workers who will report for duty on May 9, Election Day.

In a statement, the DOLE said private sector employees shall receive additional 30% in their pay for work rendered on Election Day, after President Rodrigo Duterte issued Proclamation No. 1357 declaring the May 9, 2022 national and local elections as a special non-working holiday.

“We highly encourage our workers who are registered voters to exercise their rights to suffrage, and if they will report to work on May 9 after casting their votes, they must receive an additional 30% in their daily pay,” said Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III.

Under Labor Code’s Chapter III, Article 94, or the right to holiday pay, the wage rules for Special (Non-Working) Holiday provides that “if employees did not work, the “no work, no pay” principle shall apply, unless there is a company policy, practice, or collective bargaining agreement (CBA) granting payment on a special day.

For work done during the special day, they shall be paid an additional 30% of their basic wage on the first eight hours of work, computed as: (basic wage x 130%) + COLA.

For work done more than eight hours or overtime work, they shall be paid an additional 30% of their hourly rate on the said day, computed as: hourly rate of the basic wage x 130% x 130% x number of hours worked.

If employees work on a special day that also falls on their day off, they shall be paid an additional 50% of their basic wage on the first eight hours of work, computed as: (basic wage x 150%) + COLA.

For overtime work on a special day that also falls on their rest day, they shall be paid an additional 30% of their hourly rate on the said day, computed as: hourly rate of the basic wage x 150% x 130% x number of hours worked.

Bello also advised workers who are faced with issues on underpayment and non-payment of proper wages to report such to the DOLE Hotline 1349 or to the nearest DOLE office in their locality.—AOL, GMA News

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