Computing Pay for Work Done on
- A Regular Day (basic daily rate = monthly rate x number of months in a year (12) / total working days in a year)
- A Special Day (130% x basic daily rate)
- A Special Day, which is also a scheduled Rest Day (150% x basic daily rate)
- A Regular Holiday (200% x basic daily rate)
- A Regular Holiday, which is also a scheduled Rest Day (260% x basic daily rate)
Computing Night Shift Premium where Night Shift is a Regular Work
- Ordinary Day (110% x basic hourly rate)
- Rest Day, Special Day or Regular Holiday (110% of regular hourly rate)
Computing Overtime
- On Ordinary Days
- Number of hours in excess of 8 hours (125% x hourly rate)
- On a Rest Day, Special Day, or Regular Day
- Number of hours in excess of 8 hours (130% x hourly rate)
- On a Night Shift
- Ordinary Day (110% x basic hourly rate)
- Rest Day, Special Day or Regular Holiday (110% x overtime hourly rate)
Computing 13th Month Pay
- Total basic salary earned for the year exclusive of overtime, holiday, and night shift differential pay divided by 12 = 13thmonth pay
Conditions of Employment and Benefits provided for Employees
- Employment Conditions
- Normal working hours shall not exceed eight (8) hours a day
- Payment of overtime work shall consist of an addition of at least 25% of the regular wage per hour worked or 30% thereof during holidays or rest days
- Minimum wage rates for Agricultural and Non-Agricultural lines of work vary in every region and should be properly observed
- Minimum age of employment is 18 years old but those aged 15 to 18 can be employed given that they work in non-hazardous environments
- In the event of a bankruptcy or liquidation, workers shall be paid their full salary before other creditors may establish any claim to a share in the employer’s assets
- Mandatory Benefits and Contributions
- Companies are mandated by the Labor Code to give their regular employees a thirteenth month pay equivalent to one (1) month of their annual salary
- Service incentive leave of at least 5 days with pay for every year of service
- Employees have a right to a weekly rest period of not less than 24 consecutive hours after every 6 consecutive normal work days
- Withholding a portion of an employee’s monthly salary to remit as contributions to government agencies is a requisite for employers, these agencies are as follows:
- Social Security System (SSS)
- Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF)
- Philhealth
- Provision of holiday pay
- Paternity and maternity leave benefits
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