Time to plan out your vacation for next year as the list of the Regular and Special Non-Working Holidays for 2018 has been released.
President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed Proclamation No. 269 which lists the national holidays for 2018.
The Regular Holidays are:
- New Year’s Day – January 1 (Monday)
- Maundy Thursday – March 29
- Good Friday – March 30
- Araw ng Kagitingan – April 9 (Monday)
- Labor Day – May 1 (Tuesday)
- Independence Day – June 12 (Tuesday)
- National Heroes Day – August 27 (Last Monday of August)
- Bonifacio Day – November 30 (Friday)
- Christmas Day – December 25 (Tuesday)
- Rizal Day – December 30 (Sunday)
The Special Non-Working Days are:
- Chinese New Year – February 16 (Friday)
- EDSA People Power – February 25 (Sunday)
Revolution Anniversary
- Black Saturday – March 31
- Ninoy Aquino Day – August 21 (Tuesday)
- All Saint’s Day – November 1 (Thursday)
- Last Day of the Year – December 31 (Monday)
Additional Special Non-Working Holidays are:
- All Soul’s Day – November 2 (Friday)
- Christmas Eve – December 24 (Monday)
Two additional special non-working holidays were added to give the families opportunity to have more time for the All Saint’s Day, All Soul’s Day and Christmas Day activities, and to promote domestic tourism as well.
The declaration for the observance of Eidul Fitr and Eidul Adha will be issued after the dates of the Islamic Holiday have been determined in accordance with the Islamic Calendar.
In line with this, the pay rules for regular and special non-working holidays have also been released.
For Regular Holidays:
- If the employee did not work, he/she shall be paid 100% of his/her salary for that day [(Daily rate + COLA) x 100%];
- For work done during the regular holiday, the employee shall be paid 200% of his/her regular salary for that day for the first eight hours [(Daily rate + COLA) x 200%];
- For work done in excess of eight hours (overtime work), he/she shall be paid an additional 30% of his/her hourly rate on said day [Hourly rate of the basic daily wage x 200% x 130% x number of hours worked];
- For work done during a regular holiday that also falls on his/her rest day, he/she shall be paid an additional 30% of his/her daily rate of 200% [(Daily rate + COLA) x 200%] + [30% (Daily rate x200%)]; and
- For work done in excess of eight hours (overtime work) during a regular holiday that also falls on his/her rest day, he/she shall be paid an additional 30% of his/her hourly rate on said day [Hourly rate of the basic daily wage x 200% x 130% x 130% x number of hours worked].
For Special Non-Working Holidays:
- If the employee did not work, the “no work, no pay” principle shall apply unless there is a favorable company policy, practice or collective bargaining agreement (CBA) granting payment on a special day;
- For work done during the special, he/she shall be paid an additional 30% of his/her daily rate on the first eight hours of work [(Daily rate x 130%) + COLA];
- For work done in excess of eight hours (overtime work), he/she shall be paid an additional 30% of his/her hourly rate on said day (Hourly rate of the basic daily wage x 130% x 130% x number of hours worked);
- For work done during a special day that also falls on his/her rest day, he/she shall be paid an additional 50% of his/her daily rate on the first eight hours of work [(Daily rate x 150%) + COLA]; and
- For work done in excess of eight hours (overtime work) during a special day that also falls on his/her rest day, he/she shall be paid an additional 30% of his/her hourly rate on said day (Hourly rate of the basic daily wage x 150% x 130% x number of hours worked).
KBM/KMU-TSSD
