The Philippines will be marking its annual Labor Day celebration this coming May 1, which falls on a Tuesday. Some are asking if President Benigno Aquino III will move this holiday to April 30 to create another three-day weekend for Filipino workers, and so far, no announcement has been made (check this site for future updates).
May 1 is listed officially as a regular holiday throughout the country this 2012 by virtue of Aquino’s Proclamation 295. Read the full text of Proclamation 295 in this link. According to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), an employee who opts to not report for work on May 1 will still get 100% of his/her regular pay for that day. Meanwhile, those who will do otherwise stand to get twice their regular pay for the said day (or double pay).
Working beyond eight hours on May 1 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 May 1, they will get plus 30% of their regular holiday rate.
Union Obrera Democratica de Filipinas is the first Filipino labor union (credits: William Henry Scott, New Day Publishers)
]The country had its Labor Day celebration in May 1, 1903. On that day, about 100,000 Filipino workers led by Union Obrera Democratica de Filipinas, the first labor union in Philippine history, marched from Plaza Moriones in Tondo to Malacañang, where William Howard Taft, the American civil governor at that time, was residing. Dominador Gomez, the president of Union Obrera, was later arrested for charges of illegal association and sedition.
Be present 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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i hope it will be moved on monday!
moved it on monday
Hahaha. I don’t think so.
Labor Day on May 1, 2012 Tuesday would be fine.
sana monday nalang
PLs move it on Monda
MONDAY !!
move it pinoy..pls
sa monday na lang para tipid sa pamashi
sana monday na lang.monday ,monday, monday
sana sa martes.. para maka pag leave ako ng monday then long restday
Honstly, I think mas ok nga na i-move ang holiday to April 30 para may three-day break ang mga employees. Pero syempre, may other considerations rin ang presidente for sure.
yes nga monday na lang para continues vacation
yes Monday na lang para continues rest day
ok lang if tuesday kasi un naman talaga ang may 1, isa pa mahaba na masyado ang naging bakasyon…………
ok lang naman if tuesdy… kasi nga may 1 is tuesday.. sana declare nlang as special non working holiday ang monday kasi ipit eh..
like
As of Friday, 3PM, wala pa pong announcement regarding this.
Sana wednesday nalang kasi gusto ko un!
May 2 na po ang Wednesday. Haha
para mas mahaba ang bakasyon, malay mo i consider ung monday and tuesday. hehehehehe
Palibhasa. Malay natin. Para more time tayo for Noynoying. Hahaha.
international naman yan kaya dapat huag nang baguhin, puede..
monday na lang
move it to monday pls
move to monday, please. thanks
honorable pres. aquino, please make it on monday
sana sa lunes na po para makatipid kami bayad ng pasahe
MONDA..MONDAY..MONDAY TNX =)
MONDAY..MONDAY..MONDAY… =)
no problem on May 1, Tuesday , would appreciate if they can just post as early as now the schedules – time and locations of labor day celebration rally, so we can be prepared and avoid these streets/areas.
I agree with you. Watch the news in the coming days for any advisories.
Pnoy should move it on monday so workers will have a long weekend to stay with their families
pano nman ung may bday ng may 01? holiday is holiday…..walang lipatan
LOL on that!
should move on monday so that we students who hav summer class hav a long weekend stay at home:))
haixt….
if there gonna move it then tell us quick….
damn it….
dont know if i can attend or not….
ang daming gloria dito gusto imove sa monday labor day ^_^
If we move it on a Monday, mawawala simbolismo ng May 1. Alam ko lahat tayong manggagawa gusto magpahinga ng tatlong araw na sunod. Hindi dapat tayo magpahinga sa araw na ito dahil kailangan natin ipaglaban lahat ang karapatan ng mga manggagawang Pilipino.
Great point, buddy!
holiday po ba sa december 4,2012 sa mindanao
Hindi po.
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