DOLE issues pay rules for Labor Day

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) issued pay guidelines for Labor Day, reminding employers to properly compensate workers who will report for work on May 1.

"In observance of Labor Day, a regular holiday, the DOLE reminds all employers to comply with holiday pay rules," the DOLE said on Facebook.

"For employees, this ensures that they are properly compensated during holiday, entitling them to receive 100% of their daily wage even if they do not report for work, provided they are present or on approved leave with pay on the workday immediately preceding the holiday. Those who report to work on holiday are entitled to 200% of their regular daily wage," it added.

Under Labor Advisory No. 12 series of 2025, DOLE said employees reporting for work on May 1, considered as a regular holiday, should be paid as follows:

• If the employee does not work, the employer shall pay 100% of the employee's wage for that day, provided that the employee reports to work or is on leave of absence with pay on the day immediately preceding the regular holiday. Where the day immediately preceding the regular holiday is a non-working day in the establishment or the scheduled rest day of the employee, he or she shall be entitled to holiday pay if the employee reports to work or is on leave of absence with pay on the day immediately preceding the non-working day or rest day (Basic wage x 100%);
• For work done during the regular holiday, the employer shall pay a total of 200% of the employee's wage for that day for the first eight hours (Basic wage x 200%);
• For work done in excess of eight hours, the employer shall pay the employee an additional 30% of the hourly rate on said day (Hourly rate of the basic wage x 200% x 130% x number of hours worked);
• For work done during a regular holiday that also falls on the employee's rest day, the employer shall pay the employee an additional 30% of the basic wage of 200% (Basic wage x 200% x 130%); and
• For work done in excess of eight hours during a regular holiday that also falls on the employee's rest day, the employer shall pay the employee an additional 30% of the hourly rate on said day (Hourly rate of the basic wage x 200% × 130% x 130% x number of hours worked)

—AOL, GMA News