DOLE issues pay rules for work on Independence Day

Private sector workers who will report for work on Independence Day Sunday on June 12, will receive 200 percent or "double pay" of their salaries for the day, the Labor Department said Saturday.

Based on the pay rules issued by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), workers are entitled to get 200 percent of their regular salary for the first eight hours.

For work done in excess of eight hours (overtime work), the employee shall be paid an additional 30 percent of hourly rate.

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 Benigno S. Aquino III, in Proclamation No. 1105 dated August 20, 2015, declared Independence Day as a regular holiday.

Independence Day Job Fair

Incidentally, the DOLE together with private sector companies, will open to public more than 37,000 job vacancies at the Kalayaan Job Fair to be held at the Rizal Park in Manila on June 12, in celebration of the country's 118th Independence Day.

A total of 110 employers will be showcasing over 37,000 job opportunities local and overseas for Filipino job-seekers.

The job fair will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Among the employment opportunities abroad are for hotel and restaurant workers, engineers, electricians, welders, construction workers, nurses and other medical personnel while the local jobs are customer service representatives, technical support representatives, cashiers, promodizers, travel counselors, bus conductors, bus drivers, merchandisers, sales clerks, and cooks.

Aside from job opportunities, the job fair will feature pre-employment services for job-seekers who need to obtain documents from the Social Security System (SSS), PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG, Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), and PhilPost.

Likewise, DOLE bureaus and attached agencies will also be showcasing their respective programs and services including livelihood counseling (DOLE-NCR and BWSC), Assist WELL Program (NRCO and OWWA), JobStart Program (BLE), and the referral for Training for Work Scholarship Program (TESDA). — LBG, GMA News