Practice question
Does a regular holiday during a temporary inventory shutdown necessarily lose all holiday-pay protection?
- No.
- Yes; inventory always abolishes holiday pay.
- Only if the inventory takes one hour.
- Yes; any employer closure is automatically permanent.
- No; therefore every unworked day is a regular holiday.
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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