Holiday pay applies to private sector workers — DoLE 11/13/2010

Holiday pay applies to private sector workers — DoLE

11/13/2010
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz yesterday said that the pay rules governing a regular holiday, as well as core labor standards apply to all workers in the private sector on Nov. 16, 2010, being a national holiday in celebration of Eid’l-Adha which President Aquino declared.
President Aquino, by virtue of Proclamation No. 60 issued on Nov. 9, 2010 declaring Eid’l Adha as a national holiday citing Republic Act (RA) No. 9849.

The labor chief emphasized that the President, in his proclamation, noted that Eid’l Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice among our Muslim brothers and sisters, is “one of the two greatest feasts of Islam.”

The President said in his proclamation that the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) had recommended the national holiday for the observance of Eid’l Adha on Nov.16.

Baldoz said RA 9849, provided that the Eid’l Adha shall be observed as a regular holiday in the country under a movable, rather than a fixed date, every year.

Baldoz said that in this light, pursuant to the provisions of the Labor Code, private sector employers must comply with the appropriate rules and core labor standards, consistent with the 22-point labor and employment agenda of President Aquino, which emphasizes the need to ensure the welfare and protection of the country’s workers..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20101113nat4.html