What is the legal definition and exact rate for the Night Shift Differential?

As highly explicitly defined in Article 86 of the Labor Code of the Philippines, the Night Shift Differential is a mandated late-night premium. It formally refers to the legally required additional compensation of exactly 10% of an employee’s regular wage for each hour of late-shift work. This highly specific legal premium firmly applies only to continuous labor physically performed between the dark hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day. This powerful statute heavily protects the basic health and welfare of workers subjected to physically taxing nocturnal schedules.