Private sector employees who work on June 6, a regular holiday for Eid’l Adha (Feast of Sacrifice), will receive 200 percent of their salaries for up to eight hours of work. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) issued an advisory detailing the pay structure for this holiday.
Employees who do not report for work on this day are still entitled to their full daily pay, provided they either worked or were on paid leave the day before the holiday. DOLE clarified that if the day before the holiday is a non-working day or the employee’s rest day, they will still receive holiday pay if they worked or were on paid leave the day before that non-working day.
For any work exceeding eight hours on June 6, employers must pay an additional 30 percent of the hourly rate. The calculation for this is based on the formula: hourly rate of the basic wage x 200% x 130% x number of hours worked.
If the holiday falls on an employee’s rest day, the employer must pay an additional 30 percent on top of the 200 percent basic wage. For work exceeding eight hours on a regular holiday that is also a rest day, the pay calculation will include an additional 30 percent of the hourly rate, using the formula: hourly rate of the basic wage x 200% x 130% x 130% x number of hours worked.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has declared June 6, 2025, as a regular holiday nationwide in observance of Eid’l Adha.