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DoLE releases list of double-pay workdays in April
Business World Philippines
|March 20, 2026
PRIVATE SECTOR reporting for duty during the Easter and Araw ng Kagitingan holidays will be entitled to up to double their daily wage, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said.
In Labor Advisory No. 05, Series of 2026, DoLE said Maundy Thursday (April 2), Good Friday (April 3), and Araw ng Kagitingan (April 9), are regular holidays. On these dates, the employer must pay 200% of the employee’s wage for the first eight hours.
DOLE said that if the regular holiday falls on an employee’s rest day, the employer must pay an additional 30% of the 200% wage.
This story is from the March 20, 2026 edition of Business World Philippines.
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