Magandang araw, kabayan. Monday is a regular holiday, not a special non-working day, and the difference is money in your pocket whether you clock in or not. The labour department issued the advisory two weeks ago and it is the version that decides what your employer pays. This is the whole issue, because it is the one number people get wrong. |
In today's issue | › | Work Monday, get double: August 31 is a regular holiday. If you work, you are paid 200 percent of your daily wage for that day. | | › | Do not work, still get paid: if you did not work and you were on the payroll the day before, you are paid 100 percent of your daily wage for the holiday. | | › | Rest day on top: if Monday is your rest day and you work it, the rate is 260 percent. Work overtime and it is 338 percent. | | › | Not a typhoon day: a special non-working day pays nothing if you do not work. August 31 is not that. The rules below are different. | | › | Do this Tuesday: check the payslip for August 31 before you spend it. One line tells you whether the right rate was applied. |
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Money You Are Owed | 200% | the rate your employer pays you for working on August 31, a regular holiday. If you do not work, you are paid 100 percent of your daily wage. This is not a special non-working day, where no work means no pay. |
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Work on Monday and you are paid doubleAugust 31 is National Heroes Day, a regular holiday. The rules are not the same as a typhoon day. The labour department issued Labor Advisory No. 13 on August 14, 2026. It sets the pay rules for two dates close together. August 21 was Ninoy Aquino Day, a special non-working day, where the rule is no work no pay, and 130 percent if you do work. August 31 is different. It is a regular holiday, which means you are paid whether you work or not, and the rate if you work is double. The same advisory also covers the pay rules if your employer suspends work because of a storm, which is a separate set of rules again. Knowing which day is which type is the whole of it. Why it matters A regular holiday is one of the few days Philippine labor law pays you not to work. If your employer treats August 31 as a special non-working day and applies the no work no pay rule, they are applying the wrong rule and you are short. Read the labour department advisory → |
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The Headlines One · The two rates 200 percent if you work. 100 percent if you do not. These are the numbers from the Labor Code, restated in the advisory. For a regular holiday, an employee who does not work is paid 100 percent of their daily wage, provided they were present or on paid leave on the workday immediately before. An employee who works is paid 200 percent of their daily wage for the first eight hours. There is no 30 percent holiday premium on a regular holiday the way there is on a special non-working day, because the 200 percent already is the premium. The doubling is the rule. Two · If Monday is your rest day The rate goes to 260 percent, and overtime is 338 percent. If August 31 falls on your rest day and you work it, you are paid an additional 30 percent on top of the 200 percent, bringing it to 260 percent of your daily wage for the first eight hours. Work past eight hours and the overtime rate is 338 percent of your hourly rate. This is the one combination people miss, because the rest day rule layers on top of the holiday rule rather than replacing it. Three · Not the same as a storm day A special non-working day pays nothing if you do not work. August 31 is not that. Worth being clear about, because the two holiday types get mixed up every long weekend. A special non-working day, like Ninoy Aquino Day on August 21, follows a no work no pay rule. If you do not work, you are not paid. If you do work, you are paid 130 percent. A regular holiday, like National Heroes Day on August 31, is the opposite. If you do not work, you are still paid 100 percent. If you do work, you are paid 200 percent. The labour department issued one advisory covering both dates because they fall in the same month, but the rules inside it are different for each. Four · If work is suspended by a storm Separate rule, and the advisory covers it too. The same advisory period saw Labor Advisory No. 14 on suspension of work by reason of weather. If the government suspends work in your area because of a storm, the rule for a regular holiday still applies. You are paid 100 percent if you do not work, and the suspension does not convert a regular holiday into a no work no pay day. If your employer tells you the storm suspension means no pay on August 31, that is the wrong rule for a regular holiday. Keep the suspension announcement, because it is the document that shows the day was covered. |
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Everyday Wins | Check your payslip on September 1 before you spend it. The one line that tells you whether the right rate was applied is the line for August 31. If you worked, it should show 200 percent of your daily wage, or 260 percent if it was your rest day. If you did not work, it should still show 100 percent. A line that shows nothing, or shows your ordinary daily rate, is the one to ask about in writing. You do not need a lawyer to ask the question. You need the payslip and the calendar. |
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Quick Hits | ● | The day before rule matters. If you were absent without pay on the last workday before the holiday, your employer can withhold the 100 percent holiday pay. It is one of the few times attendance the day before directly affects the money, and it is in the Labor Code. | | ● | National Heroes Day is the last Monday of August, so the date moves every year. In 2026 it is August 31. The regular holiday rules do not move. They apply to every regular holiday in the calendar. | | ● | Free training does not pause for holidays. TESDA online courses stay open through the long weekend, and the ones in digital literacy and service skills pair well with any job application you are building this month. Browse free TESDA courses → |
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Salamat for reading, kabayan. One job this weekend: tell somebody on minimum wage that Monday is a regular holiday, not a special non-working day, and that they are owed pay whether they work or not. The version going around that it is a no work no pay day is the wrong rule for August 31. If your payslip next week shows the wrong rate, hit reply and tell us. If it is happening to you it is happening to others. | Somebody you know thinks Monday is no work no pay National Heroes Day is a regular holiday. The rule is 200 percent if you work and 100 percent if you do not. A lot of people will be told it is a special non-working day, which pays nothing if you do not work, and that is the wrong rule. Send this to anybody on minimum wage who is working the long weekend. Share Philippines Wins Everyday → |
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