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14 Jun

Expanded Maternity Leave Sample Salary Differential Computation For Miscarriage

Expanded maternity leave requires employers to pay the salary differential between the full pay and the SSS maternity benefit. The following illustrates the sample salary differential for miscarriage case based on previous presentations of SSS on the maternity benefit, full benefit, and salary differential. Assuming the salary received by the employee is P26,000.00 per month and the company adopts a 313 factor. The method used is based on the presented computation by the SSS for 105-day maternity benefit applying it by [...]

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12 Jun

Hours Worked Principles

Hour worked shall be compensable. This pertains to the time during which the employee has performed his duty. Hence, he deserves to be compensated. The following shall be considered as compensable hours worked: (a)   All time during which an employee is required to be on duty or to be at the employer’s premises or to be at a prescribed work place; and (b)       All time during which an employee is suffered or permitted to work. (Section 3, Rule I, Omnibus Rules Implementing the [...]

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08 Jun

Employment Contracts Should Be Formulated According to the Peculiar Nature of Each Form of Employment

Employment contracts are among the primary sources of disputes between employer and employees. Most often, labor disputes involve provisions indicated in the employment contracts such as termination clause, pay, benefits, rest period, overtime, leave, etc. Employers or companies should draft and formulate contracts with high degree of precision to avoid legal complications. Considering that there various forms of employment in the Philippines the contracts should be drafted according to the peculiar rules of each engagement. At present, the forms of employment in [...]

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08 Jun

Holiday Pay Sample Computation for Independence Day (June 12, 2019)

Holiday pay should be paid accordingly, particularly the regular holiday. The Presidential Proclamation was issued on August 15, 2018 declaring June 12, 2019 as one of the regular holidays. Thus, below is the illustrative computation of pay on this day based on NCR Daily Minimum Wage: If the employee in NCR did not work on a regular holiday, he shall be paid 100% of the wage. Since the NCR rate will be used there is no COLA. Formula:        [(Basic Wage + COLA) [...]

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02 Jun

Gross Inefficiency is Akin to Gross and Habitual Neglect of Duty

Gross inefficiency is analogous to gross and habitual neglect of duty59 under Article 297 (e) in relation to Article 297 (b) of the Labor Code, as amended, for both involve specific acts of omission on the part of the employee resulting in damage to the employer or to his business, and constituting, therefore, just cause to dismiss an employee. Gross inefficiency and unsatisfactory rating can be a just cause for dismissal only if it amounts to gross and habitual neglect [...]

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31 May

Salary Differential Computation Under Expanded Maternity With Sample Daily Pay of P1,150 Net of Mandatory Contribution

Salary differential under the expanded maternity law should be paid by the employer. The salary differential is the difference between the full pay and the SSS maternity benefit. Related: Expanded Maternity IRR PDF SSS Circular 2019-009 Sample Computation Based on NCR Minimum Wage To illustrate, if the covered employee is based in NCR, the following is the computation following SSS’ sample presentation: Full Pay (FP) = [(daily rate x factor) / 12] x maternity period in months Where: Daily rate Net of Mandatory Contributions – P1,150 Factor [...]

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29 May

Expanded Maternity Leave Salary Differential Computation

Expanded maternity leave requires employers to pay the salary differential between the full pay and the SSS maternity benefit. Related: Expanded Maternity IRR PDF SSS Circular 2019-009 To illustrate, if the covered employee is based in NCR, the following is the computation pursuant to SSS: Full Pay (FP) = [(daily rate x factor) / 12] x maternity period in months Where: Daily rate – P537 Factor – 313 Maternity Period – 3.5 months (105 / 30 = 3.5) Thus: Full Pay          = [(P537 per day x 313 days) [...]

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29 May

Holiday Pay Sample Computation for Eid’l Fitr (June 5, 2019); PDF of Proclamation No. 729; Labor Advisory 8, Series of 2019

Holiday pay should be paid accordingly, particularly the regular holiday. On August 15, 2018 Presidential Proclamation No. 555 declared, among others, Eid’l Fitr as a national holiday. Under R.A. 9492, Eid’l Fitr was declared as a regular holiday. It is a movable date. Likewise, R.A. 9177 also declared Eid’l Fitr (Feast of Ramadhan) as a regular holiday throughout the country. Under Proclamation No. 555, the proclamations declaring national holidays for the observance of Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l Adha shall be issued after [...]

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27 May

Expanded Maternity Leave SSS Circular 2019-009

Expanded Maternity Leave or the R.A. took effect March 11, 2019. Recently, the SSS issued Circular 2019-009 or the Guidelines in the Payment of the Maternity Leave. Below is the PDF of this Circular (original copy not mine): Advertorial: Draft and Formulate Your HR Forms, Notices and Contracts with Ease. Purchase Editable Soft Copy (in Word File) of HR Forms 1 Soft Copy

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26 May

Regular Employment Rules and Principles

Regular employment is deemed to exist where the employee has been engaged to perform activities which are usually necessary or desirable in the usual. This is the express provision of the Labor Code, as amended. Thus, in Article 295 [Formerly Article 280] of the Labor Code, it states that provisions of written agreement to the contrary notwithstanding and regardless of the oral agreement of the parties, an employment shall be deemed to be regular where the employee has been engaged [...]

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