Workers receive double pay today for Eid’l Fitr
MANILA, Philippines — Workers who will report for work today will receive double their daily pay, according to the Department of Labor and Employment.
In a memorandum issued yesterday, Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma reminded employers to pay their employees holiday pay.
Malacañang earlier declared April 21 a regular holiday in observance of Eid’l Fitr or the Muslim Feast of Ramadan.
On regular holidays, Laguesma said employees who render services should be paid 200 percent of their regular salary for the first eight hours of work.
For overtime, employees should be paid an additional 30 percent of their hourly rate.
Employees who will not report for work will still receive 100 percent of their salary.
Workers who will work on a regular holiday that also falls on their rest day will be paid an additional 30 percent of their basic wage on top of the 200 percent.
Overtime work on a regular holiday that falls on a supposed rest day should be paid an additional 30 percent of the hourly rate in addition to 130 percent.
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