Practice question
A covered employee’s annual payments include PHP 300,000 basic salary, PHP 24,000 overtime pay, and PHP 12,000 night-shift differential. The parties stipulate that the latter two items have not been integrated into basic salary by agreement, practice, or policy. What minimum thirteenth-month pay follows from this base?
- PHP 25,000
- PHP 27,000
- PHP 28,000
- PHP 30,000
- PHP 36,000
Legal references
- https://nwpc.dole.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Workers-Statutory-Monetary-Benefits-Handbook-2024-Edition.pdf — DOLE-BWC 2024 Handbook, printed pages 40–43, thirteenth-month coverage, basic salary, integration, and proportionate entitlement.
- https://lawphil.net/executive/mo/mo1986/mo_28_1986.html — MO 28, s. 1986, modifying PD 851 coverage and deadline.
- https://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1995/sep1995/gr_111744_1995.html — Marcos v. NLRC, GR 111744, September 8, 1995, main decision; demandable bonuses under agreement and established practice.
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