DOLE says workers on May 1 duty entitled to double pay

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Saturday reminded private sector employers of the pay rules for their workers who will report to work on May 1, Labor Day.

In its Labor Advisory No. 11 series of 2022, the DOLE said workers who will be working on May 1, a regular holiday, will be paid 200% of their wage.

“We enjoin our employers to observe the pay rules for this regular holiday, much as we also advise our workers to know their rights, especially this Labor Day,” said Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III.

The Labor Advisory mandates that workers reporting for duty during the declared regular holiday shall be paid a total of 200% of their wages for that day for the first eight hours, computed as [(Basic wage plus COLA) x 200 percent].

If the employees did not work, they shall be paid 100% of their wage for that day, subject to certain requirements under the implementing rules and regulations of the Labor Code, as amended, computed as

[(Basic wage + COLA) x 100%].

For work done more than eight hours or overtime work, the workers shall be paid an additional 306% of their hourly rate on the said day [hourly rate of the basic wage x 200% x 130% x number of hours worked], the DOLE said.

The Labor department said that if employees work on a regular holiday that also falls on their rest day, they shall be paid an additional 30% of their basic wage of 200%, computed as [(basic wage + COLA) x 200%] + [30% (basic wage x 200%)].

Lastly, for overtime work on a regular holiday that also falls on the workers’ rest day, they shall be paid an additional 30 percent of the hourly rate on the said day, computed as [hourly rate of the basic wage x 200% x 130% x 130% x number of hours worked], the DOLE said. —LBG, GMA News