Practice question
A covered worker earns a stipulated daily basic wage of PHP 800 with no additional allowance component. The worker performs exactly eight daytime hours on a valid regular holiday that also falls on the scheduled rest day. No overtime, night differential, or more favorable benefit applies. Payroll pays only PHP 1,600. What total statutory pay is due, and why?
- PHP 800, because the rest day cancels holiday pay
- PHP 1,040, because only 130% applies
- PHP 1,600, because holiday work absorbs the rest-day premium entirely
- PHP 2,080, because PHP 800 × 200% × 130% applies
- PHP 2,400, because every rest-day holiday is a double regular holiday
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html — Labor Code, Article 94, holiday pay.
- https://nwpc.dole.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Workers-Statutory-Monetary-Benefits-Handbook-2024-Edition.pdf — DOLE-BWC 2024 Handbook, printed pages 17–19 and 22–23, holiday eligibility, successive holidays, and holiday/rest-day rates; no dated holiday calendar used.
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