Glossary

What is Holiday pay?

The pay an employee is entitled to for a regular holiday, whether or not the employee works.

An employee who does not work on a regular holiday receives 100% of the daily wage, and one who works receives 200%. Working on a regular holiday that is also the rest day pays 260%.

Special non-working days follow a different rule: no work, no pay, unless company policy says otherwise, and 130% if worked. See the Help Center for the full table.

Related terms

  • Garnishment: A court or agency order directing an employer to withhold part of an employee's pay to satisfy a debt.
  • Government-mandated contributions: The SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG contributions that employers and employees must pay each month, together with the employer-only EC contribution.
  • Monthly salary credit (MSC): The salary bracket SSS uses to compute contributions. Each range of monthly compensation maps to one MSC, and the contribution is a percentage of it.
  • Night shift differential: An additional 10% of the regular hourly rate for each hour an employee works between 10 PM and 6 AM.

Compute it in OneHRIS

OneHRIS applies Philippine pay and compliance rules in every payroll run. See the Help Center for step-by-step guides, try the free calculators, or see pricing.

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