Non-working holiday today
Employees who are working today will receive 200 percent of their daily wage.
Department of Labor and Employment acting secretary Marianito Roque said Proclamation 1463 issued by President Gloria Arroyo provides holiday pay rules for the commemoration of the Araw ng Kagitingan on Wednesday, April 9, will be applied today.
April 9 is a customary regular non-working holiday, but this year it will be celebrated two days ahead in line with R.A. No. 9492 which provides that holidays, except those which are religious in nature, are moved to the nearest Monday unless otherwise modified by law, order, or proclamation.
Roque said that workers on duty today should be paid 200 percent for the first eight hours, and for work in excess of eight hours, plus 30 percent of the hourly rate for the said day.
On the other hand, they will receive 100 percent of their regular salary for that day if it is the workers’ regular workday and the day is unworked.
If the day falls on an employee’s rest day and is unworked, 100% of the regular daily rate shall apply.
If worked, the employee shall receive 230 percent of the regular daily rate for the first eight excess of eight hours, plus 30 percent of the hourly rate for that.
Roque said that moving the observance of the Araw ng Kagitingan to April 7 will allow the public, especially the workers, to spend more time with their families while remembering the period in the country’s history when 75,000 Filipino and American soldiers displayed valor and heroism in
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