DOLE issues pay rules for Black Saturday

Published April 4, 2012 3:10pm

The Department of Labor and Employment on Wednesday issued the pay rules for Black Saturday, which Malacañang had declared as a special non-working day. DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz advised employers to observe the pay rules for the protection and welfare of the country’s workers. The rules, posted on the Official Gazette website Wednesday afternoon, are as follows:

- “No work, no pay”: By law, workers not required or permitted to work on the said day are not entitled to any compensation. But this is without prejudice to any voluntary company practice or provision in a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) providing for payment of wages and other benefits on the special non-working day, even if it is unworked. - Work performed on Black Saturday merits an additional compensation of at least 30 percent on top of the basic pay, or a total of 130 percent; and at least 50 percent over and above the basic pay, or a total of 150 percent, if a worker is permitted or required to work on said day, which may be his or her scheduled rest day.

Earlier, the DOLE reminded employers to observe the pay rules for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Araw ng Kagitingan on April 9. The DOLE said Maundy Thursday (April 5), Good Friday (April 6), and Araw ng Kagitingan (April 9) are all regular holidays. The pay rules for Thursday, Friday and Monday are as follows: If the holiday falls on an employee’s regular workday: - If the day is worked, the employee is entitled to 200 percent of his or her daily wage on the first eight hours.

- For work in excess of the eight hours, he or she is entitled to an additional 30 percent of his or her hourly rate on the said day. - If the day si unworked, the employee is entitled to 100 percent of the regular daily rate, provided he or she was present, or was on leave with pay, on the workday immediately preceding the holiday.

If the day is the employee’s rest day:

- If the day is the employee’s rest day and the day is worked, he or she is entitled to 260 percent of his or her daily rate on the first eight hours, plus 30 percent for work in excess of eight hours on the said day. - If unworked, the employee is entitled only to 100 percent of his regular rate, provided he or she was present, or was on leave with pay, on the workday immediately preceding the holiday.

If the day immediately preceding the holiday is a non-working day in the establishment, or is the scheduled rest day of the employee, the employee shall not be deemed on leave of absence on that day, in which case he or she shall be entitled to the regular holiday pay. — LBG, GMA News

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