Holiday pay, alamin kung kailan ito makukuha
ni PAO Chief Persida Rueda-Acosta @Magtanong Kay Attorney | October 8, 2026
Dear Chief Acosta,
Noong nakaraang linggo ay kinausap kami ng amo namin na diumano ay hindi kami babayaran ng holiday pay kapag kami ay lumiban sa trabaho sa araw bago ang nasabing holiday. Tama po ba ang aming amo? — Rannie
Dear Rannie,
Bago ang lahat, alamin muna natin ang mandato ng batas ukol sa pagbabayad ng holiday pay. Ayon sa Article 94 ng Labor Code ng Pilipinas:
“Art. 94. Right to holiday pay.
Every worker shall be paid his regular daily wage during regular holidays, except in retail and service establishments regularly employing less than ten (10) workers;
The employer may require an employee to work on any holiday but such employee shall be paid a compensation equivalent to twice his regular rate; and
As used in this Article, “holiday” includes: New Year’s Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, the ninth of April, the first of May, the twelfth of June, the fourth of July, the thirtieth of November, the twenty-fifth and thirtieth of December and the day designated by law for holding a general election.”
Nguni’t bago maging karapat-dapat na tumanggap ng holiday pay ang isang empleyado sa mga tinatawag na regular holiday, mayroon munang alituntinin ang batas. Ayon sa Section 6, Rule IV, ng Omnibus Rules Implementing the Labor Code:
“SECTION 6. Absences. — (a) All covered employees shall be entitled to the benefit provided herein when they are on leave of absence with pay. Employees who are on leave of absence without pay on the day immediately preceding a regular holiday may not be paid the required holiday pay if he has not worked on such regular holiday.
(b) Employees shall grant the same percentage of the holiday pay as the benefit granted by competent authority in the form of employee’s compensation or social security payment, whichever is higher, if they are not reporting for work while on such benefits.
(c) Where the day immediately preceding the holiday is a non-working day in the establishment or the scheduled rest day of the employee, he shall not be deemed to be on leave of absence on that day, in which case he shall be entitled to the holiday pay if he worked on the day immediately preceding the non-working day or rest day.”
Samakatuwid, para maging karapat-dapat sa holiday pay, ang isang empleyado ay kinakailangang: (1) pumasok bago ang araw ng nasabing regular holiday; o (2) siya ay naka-leave with pay bago ang araw ng nasabing holiday. Kung ang isang empleyado ay lumiban sa trabaho nang walang bayad o nag-leave without pay bago ang araw ng nasabing regular holiday, hindi siya makakatanggap ng holiday pay para sa mismong araw ng regular holiday.
Sa iyong sitwasyon, maaari ka pa ring makatanggap ng holiday pay kahit na ikaw ay lumiban sa trabaho sa araw bago ang holiday, kung ikaw ay nagsumite ng leave of absence with pay.
Sana ay nabigyan namin ng linaw ang iyong katanungan. Ang payong aming ibinigay ay base lamang sa impormasyong iyong inilahad at maaaring magbago kung mababawasan o madaragdagan ang mga detalye ng iyong salaysay.
Maraming salamat sa iyong patuloy na pagtitiwala.
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