Employees get double pay for working on April 1 Eid'L Fitr

Private sector employees who report to work on Tuesday, April 1, will receive double their daily salary due to it being a regular holiday.

Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma issued an advisory reminding employers to adhere to proper pay rules for Eid'l Fitr.

Employees working up to eight hours on the holiday are entitled to 200 percent of their basic wage.

For work beyond eight hours, employees receive an additional 30 percent of their hourly rate based on a 200 percent base wage.

If April 1 also falls on an employee's rest day, they earn an extra 30 percent on top of the doubled salary for regular holiday pay.

Employees who do not work but report to work or are on paid leave the previous day receive their full daily wage.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. declared April 1 as a national regular holiday through Proclamation 839, in observance of Eid'l Fitr.