Book III — Conditions of Employment
Article 92
PD 442 · Labor Code of the PhilippinesELI5 guide available
ELI5— what this means for you
Your employer may require you to work on your rest day when there is an urgent need — natural disasters, preventing loss of perishable goods, urgent repairs, or abnormal work pressure that can't wait. But rest-day work pay (30% premium) still applies.
Key point
Forced to work on your rest day even in an emergency? The +30% premium still applies.
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