#WalangPasok – August 26 2024 is National Heroes Day
Filipinos nationwide will be having a three-day weekend later this August as the Philippines observes the annual National Heroes Day or the Pambansang Araw ng mga Bayani. This year, the day falls on August 26, Monday.
It is also listed in President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.’s Proclamation #368 which enumerated the national and special non-working holidays for 2024. Click here to read The Filipino Scribe‘s report about it.
The last week of August is significant in Philippine history because it was around this time when hero Andres Bonifacio and members of the Katipunan began the revolution against the Spanish colonial government in 1896.
Pay Rules for 26 August 2024 – National Heroes Day
As mentioned in the 2023_edition of Department and Labor and Employment’s (DOLE)_Handbook_on_Workers_Statutory_Monetary_Benefits, those who will report for work on National Heroes Day are entitled to get at least twice or 200% of their daily wage rate. This is more commonly referred to as “double pay.”
Nevertheless, DOLE mandates that employees can only get this benefit if they are present or at least have filed a leave of absence with pay on their work day immediately preceding National Heroes Day, which is most likely 23 August 2023, Friday.
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