June 12 2012 Philippine Independence Day Holiday pay rules
The Philippines will be marking its 114th Independence Day celebration this coming June 12, which falls on a Tuesday. Some may be asking if President Benigno Aquino III will move this holiday to June 11 to create another three-day weekend for Filipino workers, and as of posting time, no announcement has been made (check this site for future updates).
June 12 is listed as a regular holiday throughout the country this 2012 by virtue of Aquino’s Proclamation 295. Read the full text of Proclamation 295 in the website of Malacanang. According to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), even if an employee opts to not go to work on June 12, he/she will still get 100% of his/her regular pay for that day. Meanwhile, those who will render overtime work on June 12 stand to get twice their regular pay for the said day (or more colloquially, a double pay).
Working beyond eight hours on June 12 would mean an additional payment of 30% of one’s holiday rate for every additional hour. See the complete list of DOLE holiday pay guidelines here. If employees who have Tuesdays as their rest day come to work on Independence Day, they will get plus 30% of their regular holiday rate.
Report for work in the work day before a holiday
As mentioned in DOLE’s Handbook on Worker’s Statutory Monetary Benefits (released in 2010), an employee is entitled to a holiday premium only when “he/she is present or is on leave of absence with pay on the work day immediately preceding the holiday.” Download the 2010 handbook in this link.
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ano ba talaga lolo…..holiday ba sa june 11 instead ng 12…we need early announcement….for us to inform our employees…….
Wala pa pong update from Malacanang so far.
correct!
wag na tyong umasa na ideclare
kayo lng naman nagpapgulo.. sabi na ngang 12, bkit pa pilit- ng pilit na 11?
LOL
d consistent and desisyon….anu ba talaga
ang labo!
Patience is an asset. In order for us to gain respect.. let’s respect each other and wait for the decision of the authorized person. Let’s be patient to wait and be humble. Please remember, we are the one who’s asking, therefore we have the right to wait. Thank you.
ano ba na move ba ang holiday from june 12 to june 11 ang bagal bagal naman ng malacañang
good morn!n……may pasok ba ngayon?
dapat sa june 12 tlga ang holiday..di na na sa 11..hapi independence day mga pinoy…..
Happy Independence Day to everyone!!!
yan po yung latest handbook ng DOLE?
Yes. Click the link to download