Double Pay for Private Sector Workers on Bonifacio Day

Private sector workers who will report to work on Bonifacio Day, which falls on Saturday, should get paid twice their regular daily wages.

Based on Labor Advisory No. 11 issued by Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, employers are reminded to observe and implement the proper payment of wages to their workers during Bonifacio Day on November 30, a regular holiday.

He also reminded employers to implement the following pay rules:

If the employee report to work, he or she shall be paid 200 percent of his or her regular salary for that day for the first eight hours [(Basic wage + COLA) x 200 percent].

For those who did not work, the worker shall be paid 100 percent of his or her salary for that day [(Basic wage + COLA) x 100 percent].

If the employee worked in excess of eight hours (overtime work), he or she shall be paid an additional 30 percent of his or her hourly rate on said day (hourly rate of the basic wage x 200 percent x 130 percent x number of hours worked).

If the employee worked during a regular holiday that also falls on his or her rest day, he or she shall be paid an additional 30 percent of his or her daily rate of 200 percent [(Basic wage + COLA) x 200 percent] + [30 percent (Basic wage x 200 percent)].

If the employee worked in excess of 8 hours (overtime work) during a regular holiday that also falls on his or her rest day, he or she shall be paid an additional 30 percent of his or her hourly rate on said day (hourly rate of the basic wage x 200 percent x 130 percent x 130 percent x number of hours worked).

The labor advisory is pursuant to Proclamation No. 555 declaring November 30 as regular holiday in commemoration of the birthday of revolutionary hero Andres Bonifacio. (PNA)