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How to Calculate Overtime Pay in the

Philippines
  August 24, 2017   Ima Ocon

The standard workday schedule tends to be a variation of 9 to 6, with around an hour in the middle reserved
for lunchbreak. This is in accordance with our Labor Code (https://www.dole.gov.ph/news/view/3233), which
states that the maximum number of hours that we can work in one day is eight hours. Going beyond that
would be considered overtime, while rendering less–say, if you’re thirty minutes late for your shift–is called
undertime.

When you’re employed in the private sector, how much salary you receive is tied strictly to the number of
hours you’ve worked. Doing overtime or undertime will cause a deviation from your usual salary. Contrary to
what you’d expect, calculating it isn’t as simple as multiplying your number of extra hours by a fixed rate.

If you’re working extra hours, there are two possible situations:

You’re showing up for work on a rest day or a holiday, not exceeding eight hours
You’re working more than eight hours, whether it’s a regular or special day

Calculating Pay on Rest Days and Holidays

The main question you have to ask is: what kind of non-working day is this? Is it a rest day, a regular holiday,
or a special non-working day? Take note that it can fall into more than one category: it can be both a rest
day and a regular holiday, for example.

Weekends–Saturday and Sunday–are usually allotted as rest days. Employees are required by law to have
at least one day (a full 24 hours) off every week.

Regular holidays, such as Labor Day and Independence Day, tend to have fixed dates and are present year
after year. On the other hand, special non-working days (like Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve) are more
changeable and are under the discretion of the government. Working on a regular holiday, you’ll notice,
results in a higher rate than on a special non-working day.

If you need reference, we’ve already prepared a full list of official holidays and special non-working days in
the Philippines. Check out this blog post (https://sprout.ph/blog/official-philippine-holidays-2017/) for the
2017 calendar, and this one (https://sprout.ph/blog/official-philippine-holidays-2018/) for 2018.

Here’s a table of the rates for rest days and holidays, assuming you won’t be working for more than eight
hours:
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Calculating Overtime Pay

If you’re working for more than eight hours, then that’s considered overtime, whether or not it’s a regular
day or a rest day.

Whether your regular shift is at night matters, too: working anytime from 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM would fall
under a night shift. This qualifies for Night Shift Differential (NSD), where you get an additional 10%.

Here’s a table of the overtime rates, assuming 100% for regular hours on a normal day shift:  

Non-Night Shift Night Shift

Normal Day 125% 137.5%

Rest Day 169% 185.9%

Special Non-Working Day 169% 185.9%

Special Non-Working Day and Rest Day 195% 214.5%

Regular Holiday 260% 286%

Regular Holiday and Rest Day 338% 371.8%

As for how we calculated the overtime rates in the table above:

Normal Work Day: 125% of your hourly rate

Rest day, special non-working day, regular holiday, and all combinations: 130% of your hourly rate on
these days (based on the first table)
Night shift: 110% of your overtime hourly rate (based on the non-night shift column)

Sample Calculations

Say that you’re earning P100 per hour.

1.) If you’re planning to put in overtime on a regular day, just multiply your hourly wage by the rate to get
your overtime pay per hour:

P100 x 125% = P125 per hour

2.) If you choose to work on a rest day, your hourly wage for the first eight hours will be:

P100 x 130% = P130 per hour

But once you’re on your ninth hour, your hourly wage goes up to:

P100 x 169% = P169 per hour

3.) Finally, if you overtime on a regular night shift:

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Ima Ocon
Ima Ocon is a copywriter at Sprout Solutions. She believes in storytelling, startups, and
human-centered design.

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