LABOR DAY – May 1 2024 declared holiday nationwide
The country will have its annual celebration of Labor Day on May 1. The occassion, which is also known as Araw ng Paggawa, this year falls on Wednesday.
May 1 has been declared a regular holiday nationwide through President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr’s Proclamation 368, which lists the nationwide holidays for 2024. The Filipino Scribe reported about Proclamation 368 here.
Labor Day is the fifth regular holiday for 2024, with the next one coming on June 12 for the Independence Day which also falls on Monday.
PAY RULES FOR LABOR DAY – MAY 1, 2024
According to pay rules set by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), employees covered by the holiday pay rule are entitled to receive 100% of their regular daily wage rate even if they do not report for work on regular holidays like Labor Day. This daily wage rate is the sum of a worker’s daily basic wage and cost of living allowance.
Meanwhile, those who will report for work on Labor Day are entitled to get at least twice or 200% of their daily wage rate, which is more commonly referred to as “double pay.” Click here to download the 2022_DOLE_Handbook_on_Workers_Statutory_Monetary_Benefits.
However, it must be emphasized that workers can only get this holiday pay if they are present or at least have filed a leave of absence with pay on their work day immediately preceding Labor Day, which is 30 April 2024, Tuesday.
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