Araw Ng Kagitingan Pay Rules And Other Benefits

Araw Ng Kagitingan or Day of Valor is being celebrated in the Philippines on the 9th of April each year. It is considered as a regular holiday and thus workers in both public and private sectors are entitled of some benefits on that day

Araw Ng Kagitingan 2015 celebration

According to the Department of Labor and Employment, if the employee did not work on Araw ng Kagitingan, he/she shall be paid 100% of his/her salary for that day [(Daily Rate + Cost Of Living Allowance or COLA) x 100%]. While if he went to work, he/she shall receive 200% of his/her regular salary for that day for the first eight hours [(Daily rate + COLA) x 200%).

For a 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).

It added that for work done during a regular holiday that falls on a worker’s rest, or off, day, he/she shall be paid an additional 30% of his/her daily rate of 200% [(Daily Rate + COLA) x 200%] + [30% (Daily Rate x 200)].

Finally, for a work done in excess of eight hours (overtime work) during a regular holiday that also falls on his/her 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).

The same pay rules apply to other regular holidays including New Year’s Day (January 1), Maundy Thursday (April 2), Good Friday (April 3), Labor Day (May 1), Independence Day (June 12), National Heroes Day (August 31), Bonifacio Day (November 30), Christmas Day (December 25) and Rizal Day (December 30).