True managers must have the legal authority to hire, fire, or significantly influence employment status to lose standard holiday pay.
Must a manager possess hiring and firing authority to be exempted from holiday pay? Read More »
Managerial staff are legally exempted from standard holiday pay if they execute work directly related to employer management policies constantly.
Are officers or members of a managerial staff entitled to statutory holiday pay? Read More »
Managerial staff must customarily and regularly exercise discretion and independent judgment to legally qualify for the standard holiday pay exemption.
Does the exercise of independent judgment affect the holiday pay of managerial staff? Read More »
Managerial staff lose their holiday pay exemption if they strictly spend over 20% of their workweek on routine, unrelated tasks.
What is the strict 20% rule regarding managerial staff and their holiday pay exemption? Read More »
Field personnel and employees on pure commission whose time is entirely unsupervised are legally excluded from receiving mandatory holiday pay.
Are field personnel legally entitled to receive standard holiday pay under the law? Read More »
Movable regular holidays like Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Eidul Fitr, and Eidul Adha are officially determined by annual Presidential Proclamations.
Which regular holidays are officially observed on movable dates in the Philippines? Read More »
Fixed regular holidays legally include New Year’s Day, Labor Day, Independence Day, Christmas Day, and several other predictable annual dates.
Which regular holidays consistently have fixed dates under Philippine labor law? Read More »
While the Labor Code calls general elections holidays, Presidential Proclamations typically downgrade them to special non-working days for payroll purposes.
Are general elections legally considered regular holidays for compensation purposes? Read More »
Eligible employees who do not work on a regular holiday must legally be paid 100% of their daily minimum wage.
How much is an employee paid if they do not work on a standard regular holiday? Read More »
Employees who actively perform work during the first eight hours of a regular holiday legally receive 200% of basic wages.
