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Practice question: Holiday Pay

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Practice question

Explain the difference between pay for a covered eligible employee’s unworked regular holiday and the first eight hours actually worked on a regular holiday that is not a rest day.

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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