Practice question
For a covered piece-rate worker, what reference does the handbook use for minimum holiday pay before applying the statutory floor?
- Only the last seven calendar days including every zero-work day.
- Average daily earnings for the last seven actual workdays preceding the holiday.
- Only the lowest piece ever completed.
- Only the employer’s estimate without earnings data.
- Only the worker’s first employment day.
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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