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PNoy’s Move Away from Holiday Economics

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Atty. Fred| 1 Comment

The title of this post should have been in the form of a question, intended to solicit your opinion: Do you agree with Malacanang’s policy to discontinue the holiday economics of the previous administration? You could go direct to the bottom of the post to write down your opinion. Or you can read on. Read more »

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30 August 2011 Declared a National Holiday (4-Day Long Weekend in August)

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Atty. Fred| Leave a comment

Malacanang has declared 30 August 2011 (Tuesday) as a national non-working holiday (per Proclamation 234). This is another occurrence of a rare long weekend among the 2011 Philippine holidays under the administration of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino. Read more »

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Declared Holidays for 2011

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Atty. Fred| Leave a comment

Good news for workers: June 20 is a holiday, which means that we’re heading into a rare long weekend (June 18 to 20). While we’re at it, even if it’s already the middle of the year (time flies really fast), here’s the full list of regular and special holidays for 2011. Read more »

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Labor Day is Monday, 3 May 2010 (Proclamation 2043)

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Atty. Fred| Leave a comment

Well, whadayaknow. May 3, a Monday, is a holiday, after all. Malacanang, through Executive Secretary Leandro Mendoza, issued Proclamation No. 2043, declaring Monday (May 3, 2010) as a regular holiday throughout the country. Read more »

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Holiday Economics in the Philippines

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Atty. Fred| 6 Comments

We celebrate holidays to commemorate an event or a person of special significance to the country. While the declaration of holidays is supposed to bring unity, it sometimes results to confusion in the workplace, even if unintended. Read more »

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Is Eid’l Adha a Regular National Holiday?

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Atty. Fred| 7 Comments

The month of November contains 3 national holidays, with 2 long weekends. The first long weekend is All Saints’ Day in November 1 and the additional special non-working holiday in November 2 declared by the President under Proclamation 1699. That’s from October 31 to November 2 (Saturday to Monday). The second long weekend is from November 27 to November 30 (Friday to Monday), with the Eid’l Adha and the Bonifacio Day lumped together. Read more »

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National Regular and Special Holidays for 2008 in the Philippines

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Atty. Fred| 16 Comments

Somebody asked if 25 February 2008 has been declared as a non-working holiday, to give everyone a chance to commemorate EDSA People Power. Well, I’m not yet aware of any Proclamation issued by the President on this matter, so all we can do is wait. In the meantime, here are the regular holidays and nationwide special holidays for 2008, as provided under Republic Act 9492 (an Act rationalizing the celebration of national holidays). As noted in the update, February 25 is a WORKING holiday (Update: Some call it a flip-flopping of policies, but anyway, Malacanang issued Proclamation 1462, declaring February 25 as a NON-WORKING holiday). See also: Official 2009 holidays.

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More long weekends for the rest of 2007

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Atty. Fred| 2 Comments

There are more long weekends to come. This early, searches have reached this site looking for public holidays for the rest of the year – October, November and December (time flies so fast). Here are the remaining declared public holidays for 2007 (and one for 2008): Read more »

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Computation of pay for holidays: Regular, special non-working, special working

Posted on October 31, 2006 by Atty. Fred| 4 Comments

One of the more confusing matters, for employees and HR people alike, is the computation of holiday pay, complicated by the fact that there are different “kinds” of holidays. This is cleared by Memorandum Circular No. 1 of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the full text of which is reproduced and discussed below. Read more »

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