What are some legally recognized special non-working days in the Republic of the Philippines?
Legal special non-working days officially include Ninoy Aquino Day, All Saints’ Day, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, and New Year’s Eve.
Legal special non-working days officially include Ninoy Aquino Day, All Saints’ Day, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, and New Year’s Eve.
For successive holidays, an unpaid absence before the first forfeits both legal pays, unless the employee works on the first.
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Regular holidays occurring during a temporary company shutdown or machinery repair period must still be fully compensated by the employer.
Piece-rate workers legally receive holiday pay based on their average earnings over the preceding seven days, respecting basic minimum wage.
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Seasonal workers are explicitly legally excluded from receiving mandatory holiday pay during their inactive off-season when they are not working.
Workers without regular days like stevedores remain fully legally entitled to receive holiday pay despite their inherently irregular working schedules.
Managerial staff lose their holiday pay exemption if they strictly spend over 20% of their workweek on routine, unrelated tasks.
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Field personnel and employees on pure commission whose time is entirely unsupervised are legally excluded from receiving mandatory holiday pay.
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Movable regular holidays like Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Eidul Fitr, and Eidul Adha are officially determined by annual Presidential Proclamations.
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Fixed regular holidays legally include New Year’s Day, Labor Day, Independence Day, Christmas Day, and several other predictable annual dates.
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