Employees in the private sector who work today, May 9, must receive an additional 30 percent in their pay, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced on Sunday.
DOLE made the announcement following President Duterte’s declaration that today (May 9, 2022) being election day, is a special non-working holiday.
“We highly encourage our workers who are registered voters to exercise their rights to suffrage, and if they will report to work on May 9 after casting their votes, they must receive an additional 30 percent in their daily pay,” Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III said.
Under Labor Code’s Chapter III, Article 94, or the right to holiday pay, the wage rules for special non-working holiday provides that “if employees did not work, the “no work, no pay” principle shall apply, unless there is a company policy, practice, or collective bargaining agreement (CBA) granting payment on a special day.
For work done during the special day, the workers should be paid an additional 30 percent of their basic wage on the first eight hours of work [(basic wage x 130%) + COLA].
For work done more than eight hours (overtime work), they shall be paid an additional 30 percent of their hourly rate on the said day [hourly rate of the basic wage x 130% x 130% x number of hours worked].
If employees worked on a special day that also falls on their day off, they shall be paid an additional 50 percent of their basic wage on the first eight hours of work [(basic wage x 150%) + COLA]. For overtime work on a special day that also falls on their rest day, they should be paid an additional 30 percent of their hourly rate on the said day [Hourly rate of the basic wage x 150% x 130% x number of hours worked].
Bello advised workers who are faced with issues on underpayment and non-payment of proper wages to report such to the DOLE Hotline 1349 or to the nearest DOLE office in their locality.