Regular Holiday On November 29

November 29, 2010, a Monday, is a regular holiday nationwide in accordance with existing laws and issuances affirmed by President Benigno S. Aquino III.


Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz said this yesterday as she issued a labor advisory to the employees in the private sector informing them of such, including the corresponding pay rules that apply under the law.

“The nationwide holiday, known as Bonifacio Day, is being celebrated yearly in honor of the “great plebeian” and national hero Andres Bonifacio whose birth date, is November 30, 1863,” Baldoz said.

She said that while Executive No. 203 issued by the late President Corazon C. Aquino in 1987 had previously fixed the regular holiday every 30 November, Proclamation No. 1841, series of 2010, and Republic Act No. 9492 mandated that the holiday be moved to the Monday nearest the said date.

Accordingly, Baldoz, pursuant to the President’s emphasis to ensure the protection and welfare of the country’s workers under his 22-point agenda on labor and employment, advised employers in the country’s private sector on the pay rules they must observe during the regular holiday on 29 November, consistent with the country’s Labor Code, as follows:

(a) If the holiday falls on the employee’s regular workday, and the said day is unworked, the employee shall be entitled to one hundred percent (100%) of his/her regular daily rate, provided he/she present or is on leave of absence with pay on the work day immediately preceding the holiday.

(b) If worked, the employee shall be paid two hundred percent (200%) of his/her regular daily rate. Work rendered in excess of the eight (8) hours shall entitle the worker to an additional thirty percent (30%) of the hourly rate on the said day.

(c) If the day falls on the employee’s rest day and is worked, he/she shall be paid two hundred percent (200%) of his/her daily rate, plus thirty percent (30%) of the said rate, or a total of two hundred sixty percent (260%) on the first eight (8) hours of work. In excess of eight hours, he/she shall be paid an additional thirty percent (30%) of the hourly rate.

Feedbacks and inquiries? Call the DOLE Call Center at Hotline 2917 from your Globe or TM mobile phones, 908-2917 from your fixed-line phones (for free); or text (SMS) at 2910. Also, call or visit the DOLE Regional Office (RO) in your regions, whose addresses or telephone numbers may be sourced from the same DOLE Call Center. Also dial the Bureau of Working Conditions at trunk line 527-3000, local 302.

DOLE to activate emergency employment program for Ondoy victims

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will set in place efforts to provide emergency wage employment to marginalized workers in areas hardest hit by Typhoon "Ondoy."

Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito D. Roque ordered the immediate activation of the DOLE's emergency employment assistance program geared at providing short-term and emergency wage employment to severely affected workers, particularly those who lost their income and livelihood due to "Ondoy."

Roque said the emergency employment program intends to initially assist at least 1,450 workers in the National Capital Region (NCR), and Regions 3 (Central Luzon) and 4-A (Calabarzon). He said DOLE personnel in the three regions have been mobilized to identify target beneficiaries in the typhoon-damaged areas in the three regions in coordination with concerned local government units (LGUs).

The program which is usually being activated during trying times, targets to benefit 100 workers each in Marikina, Quezon City, Pasig, Pateros, and Taguig; 50 each in Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, and Valenzuela in Camanava; and 50 each in Muntinlupa, San Juan, and Mandaluyong all in the NCR.

In Central Luzon, the program aims to assist 200 affected workers in Bulacan and another 100 in Pampanga. In Calabarzon, it seeks to help 150 affected workers in Cavite and another 100 affected workers in Rizal.

Roque said subsistence workers who lost their income and livelihood sources due to the calamity will be prioritized especially those whose properties were totally damaged and those formerly engaged in a particular craft or skill.

He said the program will provide the beneficiaries, through the LGUs, with emergency employment particularly in clearing and de-clogging operations and reconstruction efforts like the repairs of damaged infrastructure such as school buildings, daycare center, drainage, irrigation system, etc.

He added that the LGUs will identify the reconstruction projects where the target beneficiaries will be engaged into, adding they will be paid the minimum daily wage during the program's duration covering at least 15 days.

"It will serve as a bridging mechanism aimed at helping the beneficiaries cope while seeking to recover and regain their livelihood and income sources from the destruction brought about by "Ondoy." Roque said.

source: Information and Publication Service