HOLIDAY PAY

Question 1

_________ refers to the payment of the regular daily wage for any unworked.

Answer 1

• Holiday Pay

Question 2

C. Regular Holidays

This means that the employee is entitled to at least ____ of his/her minimum wage rate even if he/she did not report for work, provided he/she is present or is on leave of absence with pay on the work day immediately preceding the holiday.

Work performed on that day merits at least ______ the daily wage of the employee.

Answer 2

• 100%

- twice (200%)

Question 3

D. Absences

Where the holiday falls on the scheduled rest day of the employee, work performed on said day merits at least an additional ____ of the employee’s regular holiday rate of 200% or a total of at least ___.

When a regular holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall not be a holiday unless a proclamation is issued declaring it a ______.

Answer 3

• 30%
• 260%
• special day

Question 4

C. Regular Holidays

Unless otherwise modified by law, order, or proclamation, the following are the twelve (12) regular holidays in a year under Executive Order No. ___ , as amended by Republic Act ___:

Answer 4

• Executive Order No. 292

- Republic Act 9849

Question 5

Where there are two (2) ___________, like Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, an employee may not be paid for both holidays if he/she absents himself/herself from work on the day immediately preceding the first holiday, unless he/she works on the first holiday, in which case he/she is entitled to his/her holiday pay on the second holiday.

Answer 5

• Successive Regular Holidays

Question 6

In cases of ___________ and _______ of work of an establishment, as when a yearly inventory or when the repair or cleaning of machineries and equipment is undertaken, the regular holidays falling within the period shall be compensated in accordance with the Rules Implementing the Labor Code, as amended.

Answer 6

• temporary or periodic shutdown and temporary cessation

Question 7

G. Holiday Pay of Certain Employees

1. Where the covered employee is paid on _______, his/her holiday pay shall not be less than his/her average daily earnings for the last seven (7) actual work days preceding the regular holiday; provided, however, that in no case shall the holiday pay be less than the applicable ________ .
2. _______workers may not be paid the required holiday pay during off season when they are not at work

Answer 7

• piece-rate basis
• statutory minimum wage rate
• Seasonal workers
• stevedores

Question 8

B. Coverage

This benefit applies to all employees except:

5. 3.

Answer 8

1. Government Employees
2. Retail and Service Establishments
3. Kasambahay
4. Managerial Employees
5. Officers or members of a managerial staff
6. Field Personnel and other employees