Practice question
A covered piece-rate worker’s last seven actual workdays total PHP 5,600. Applicable minimum is PHP 750 daily. All holiday eligibility conditions are met and no favorable rule applies. What minimum holiday pay follows?
- PHP 560.
- PHP 750 despite the higher required average.
- PHP 5,600 for the one day.
- PHP 800.
- Nothing because pay is piece-rate.
Legal references
- Labor Code Articles 84, 94 and 97(f): https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html
- DOLE-BWC 2024 Handbook on Workers’ Statutory Monetary Benefits, relevant service charge, holiday pay and thirteenth-month sections: https://nwpc.dole.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Workers-Statutory-Monetary-Benefits-Handbook-2024-Edition.pdf
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