DOLE reminds employers: Follow proper pay rules on New Year’s Day

Facade of the Department of Labor and Employment office. (FILE PHOTO)

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reminded employers that private sector employees who will report to work on New Year’s Day (January 1) should get paid twice their regular daily wages.

In a statement on Sunday, DOLE reminded employers to observe proper payment of wages for the regular and special (non-working) days for the year 2020.

According to DOLE, employees who will report for work on January 1 shall be paid 200 percent of their wage for the first eight hours while employees who will not work shall be paid 100 percent of their wage for that day.

For employees who will render overtime work, they shall be paid an additional 30 percent of their hourly rate on said day, DOLE said.

The department also noted that employees who will work on a regular holiday that also falls on their rest day shall be paid an additional 30 percent of their basic wage of 200 percent.

DOLE further said that employees who will render overtime work on a regular holiday that also falls on their rest day shall be paid an additional 30 percent of their hourly rate on the said day.

Edited by JPV