Pay right holiday pay, employers told

MANILA, Philippines—Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Thursday reminded employers to strictly adhere to holiday pay rules and core labor standards for their workers for Eid al-Adha on October 26, the All Saints’ weekend on November 1 and 2, and Bonifacio Day on November 30.

October 26 and November 30 will be covered by pay rules for regular holidays; and November 1 and 2 by rules for special nonworking days.

Malacañang has declared Oct. 26 a regular holiday throughout the nation in observance of Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, one of the two greatest feasts of Islam.—Tina G. Santos