Are you aware of the Rules regarding Holiday Pay?
Most employers and employees usually got confused regarding the Rules on Holiday Pay. Wrong interpretation or lack of knowledge on Rules on Holiday Pay usually lead to legal battles between an employee and their employer. As a guide to both employer and employee, I am posting here the Rules on Holiday Pay during a nationwide declared holiday.
Rules on Holiday Pay:
- If the holiday falls on an employee’s regular workday
- If an employee worked, the employee is entitled to 200% of his or her basic wage for the first eight (8) hours and, for work in excess of the 8 hours, to an additional 30% of his or her hourly rate on the said day.
- If an employee did not work, the employee is entitled to 100% of his or her regular daily rate, provided he or she was present, or was on leave with pay on the work day immediately preceding the holiday.
- If the day is the employee’s rest day:
- If an employee worked, the employee is entitled, for the first 8 hours, to 200% of his or her daily rate plus 30% and, for work in excess of 8 hours, plus 30% of his or her hourly rate on the said day.
- If an employee did not work, the employee is entitled to 100% of his or her regular daily rate, provided he or she was present, or was on leave with pay, on the work day immediately preceding the holiday.
- When the day immediately preceding the holiday is a non-working day in the company or the scheduled rest day of the employee, he or she shall not be deemed on leave of absence on that day, in which case he or she shall be entitled to the holiday pay.
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What if, i was absent before holiday, should i entitled for a holiday pay?
Hi, how about if you are in a night shift schedule and for example your work starts at 10 pm and after 12 midnight the date will change. Is it still considers as whole day holiday pay even if the rest of your working hours have already fallen on the following day of the holiday?
hi, how about if I was 1/2 day in my last working day, am I entitled to 100% holiday pay or just 1/2 day of my holiday pay also? thank you
You will be paid half day. Take note of the 100% rate
Say for example in a week we should work for 5 day at 8 hours a day and then we are given 2 days rest day. Then for that particular week the holiday is a Wednesday and the staff is given that day off but then we still went to work for 5 days during that week except the holiday, are we entitled to another day off? Is it legal that the employer would set an employee’s rest day on a holiday to avoid double pay? Btw we work on a shifting sched and not on a regular mon to fri work. Thank you.
If the rest day was already scheduled before the holiday was declared, then it is legal. The additional day required to complete the 5 working days must be paid as an overtime.
hi, how about if I was 1/2 day in my last working day, am I entitled to 100% holiday pay or just 1/2 day of my holiday pay also?