DOLE issues pay rules for Eid’l Adha; but employers may defer holiday pay

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Thursday reminded employers of the pay rules for work done during the Eid’l Adha, a regular holiday.

The DOLE, however, gave employers the choice to defer the payment of the holiday pay “until such time that the national health emergency arising from COVID-19 is abated and normal business operations are resumed.”

“Further, establishments that have totally closed or ceased operations during the community quarantine period are exempted from the payment of the holiday pay under the Labor Advisory No. 20, series of 2020,” it said.

The Muslim Feast of Sacrifice or Eid’l Adha on July 31 was declared a regular holiday by President Rodrigo Duterte through Proclamation 985. 

Pursuant to Labor Advisory No. 25, Series of 2020, the DOLE said employees who worked during the declared regular holiday shall be paid 200% of their regular salary for the first eight hours, and if they worked overtime, they shall be paid an additional 30% of their hourly rate.

Moreover, employees who did not work on the said holiday shall be paid 100 percent of their salary ([Basic wage + COLA] x 100%)].

Those who worked shall be paid 200 percent of their regular salary for the first eight hours ([Basic wage + COLA] x 200%).

For work done in excess of eight hours, workers shall be paid an additional 30 percent of their hourly rate (hourly rate of the basic wage x 200% x 130% x number of hours worked).

Those who worked on a regular holiday that also fell on their rest day shall be paid an additional 30 percent of their basic wage of 200 percent [(Basic wage + COLA) x 200%] + [30 percent (Basic wage x 200%)].

In addition, workers who rendered overtime work on a regular holiday that also fell on their rest day shall be paid an additional 30% of their hourly rate on said day (hourly rate of the basic wage x 200% x 130% x 130% x number of hours worked). —LDF, GMA News