Labor Law in the Philippines
Work out what you are owed, plan your leave, or prepare to leave a job. Start with your question, then check the rule and the numbers.
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Pay and benefits
Check your payslip, extra hours and annual benefits.
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Overtime pay
Work through ordinary-day, rest-day and holiday overtime with hourly rates, examples and coverage checks.
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Holiday and rest-day pay
Compare regular-holiday, special non-working day and rest-day rates with an example and a payroll checklist.
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Night shift differential
Count qualifying night-work hours and calculate the additional pay separately from basic wages and overtime.
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Retirement pay
Understand the statutory private-sector retirement minimum, credited years of service and a sample calculation using 22.5 days.
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Pag-IBIG contribution
Check the usual Pag-IBIG employee deduction, employer counterpart, monthly fund salary cap and payslip checks.
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Kasambahay pay
Check kasambahay wage rules, NCR 2026 rate, 13th-month pay, rest days, leave and required social-benefit coverage.
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Service charges
Check current service-charge distribution rules for hotels, restaurants and similar establishments after RA 11360 and DO 242-24.
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Minimum wage
Check why there is no single national minimum wage, how regional wage orders work, and how to use the current NCR rate as an example.
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SSS disability benefit
Check SSS disability benefit eligibility, monthly pension versus lump sum, required records and the difference between ordinary SSS and Employees’ Compensation claims.
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13th-month pay eligibility
Check 13th-month pay eligibility, the December 24 deadline, basic-salary treatment and entitlement after resignation.
Leave and family
Find out which leave applies to your situation.
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Maternity leave
Check the 105-day maternity leave rule, additional solo-parent leave, SSS contribution conditions and what to ask payroll.
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Paternity leave
Check who qualifies for seven days of paid paternity leave and how it differs from allocated maternity leave.
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Service incentive leave
Check service incentive leave eligibility, common exclusions and how to reconcile unused SIL with your leave balance.
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Solo parent benefits
Check solo parent employee benefits, the Solo Parent Identification Card, leave, discounts and records to prepare.
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Solo parent leave
Check who can use solo parent leave, the six-month service rule, SPIC requirement and how to request it at work.
Leaving or starting a job
Prepare your documents and check what you are owed.
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Certificate of employment
Request a certificate of employment, check the three-day release rule, and prepare the details HR needs for your next application.
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Final pay and back pay
Check the 30-day final-pay rule, possible payment components, deductions and an example statement after leaving a job.
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Separation pay
Compare separation-pay formulas by termination cause, check credited service and work through a redundancy example.
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Resignation and notice
Understand the general one-month resignation notice, immediate-resignation exceptions and the records to keep when leaving a job.
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Probationary employment
Check the general six-month probation rule, the standards disclosed at hiring and the documents to retain for an employment review.
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Redundancy
Check the redundancy requirements, one-month notices, fair selection criteria and the usual separation-pay formula.
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Retrenchment
Check when retrenchment may be used, what notices are needed, and how the half-month-per-year formula works.
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Employee status
Compare common worker labels and what to check before deciding employment status, benefits and termination rights.
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Just-cause procedure
Check the basic just-cause procedure, the notice to explain, employee response and final decision notice.
Check the source behind the answer
Each guide links to the laws or government guidance used for its rules. Examples use stated assumptions, so you can compare them with your own records. These are educational guides by TaxCalculator.com.ph, not individual legal advice. Sources checked on October 2, 2026.