December 31 2012 and January 1 2013 Philippine holiday

Filipinos will have another four-day weekend as they welcome the year 2013. President Benigno Aquino III’s Proclamation 295 lists December 31, 2012 or New Year’s Eve as a special non-working holiday. The day falls on a Monday this year. Meanwhile, January 1, 2013 is a regular holiday according to Proclamation 459. It is one of the ten national holidays for 2013.

Those compelled to report for work on these days, particularly the ones working in the business process outsourcing industry, should take note of the different pay rules applied on these two holidays. Employees who renders overtime service on December 31 (and other special non-working holidays, for that matter) like New Year’s Eve will get an additional of 30% to their regular hourly pay.

Meanwhile, those will not go to work “unless there is a favorable company policy, practice or collective bargaining agreement (CBA) granting payment of wages” even on special holidays. This may be dependent on one’s employment status (e.g. regular employees are paid while contractual ones are not).

Employees who will go to work on New Year’s Day will get twice their regular rate for every hour of service rendered (“double pay,” to use a more familiar terminology). Workers will get their regular pay in full even if they don’t come to work on this day regardless of their employment status.

PLEASE LIKE THE FILIPINO SCRIBE ON FACEBOOK!

About Author

Mark Pere Madrona

The Filipino Scribe (TFS) is managed by Mark Pere Madrona, a multi-awarded writer and licensed professional teacher from the Philippines.

Mr. Madrona earned his master’s degree in history from the University of the Philippines-Diliman last 2020. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in journalism cum laude from the same university back in 2010. His area of interests includes Philippine journalism, history, and politics as well as social media.

Know more about him here: https://www.filipinoscribe.com/about/.

See author's posts

Comments

comments