President Benigno S. Aquino III has declared September 25, 2015—a Friday—as a regular holiday throughout the country in observance of Eid’l Adha (the Feast of Sacrifice).
Proclamation No. 1128, s. 2015
MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
PROCLAMATION NO. 1128
DECLARING FRIDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER 2015, AS A REGULAR HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN OBSERVANCE OF EID’L ADHA (FEAST OF SACRIFICE)
WHEREAS, Eid’l Adha is one of the two greatest feasts of Islam;
WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 9849 provides that Eid’l Adha shall be celebrated as a regular holiday;
WHEREAS, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) recommends that the observance of Eid’l Adhain the Philippines be on 25 September 2015 based on the Islamic Calendar and the declaration made by Saudi Arabia’s highest religious authority, thereby amending its earlier recommendation to observe the occasion on 24 September 2015;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Friday, 25 September 2015, as a regular holiday throughout the country in observance of Eid’l Adha (Feast of Sacrifice).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 15th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Fifteen.
(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
By the President:
(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.
Executive Secretary
RESOURCES
For Additional Information:
Eid’l Adha pay rules
From the Department of Labor and Employment
Private sector employers are urged to observe the proper wage rules and core labor standards for the upcoming Eid’l Adha holiday on September 25.
President Benigno S. Aquino III issued Proclamation No. 1128, Series of 2015, declaring September 25 as a regular holiday throughout the country in observance of Eid’l Adha.
The following pay rules for regular holiday shall be observed:
If the employee did not work; he or she shall be paid 100 percent of his or her salary for that day [(Daily Rate + Cost of Living Allowance) x 100%];
For work done during the regular holiday, the employees shall be paid 200 percent of his/her regular salary for that day for the first eight hours [(Daily Rate + COLA) x 200%];
For work done in excess of eight hours (overtime work), he/she shall be paid an additional 30 percent of his/her hourly rate on said day [(Hourly rate of the basic daily wage x 200% x 130% x number of hours worked];
*For work done during a regular holiday that also falls on his or her rest day, he/she shall be paid an additional 30 percent of his her daily rate of 200 percent [(Daily Rate + COLA) x 200%] + [30% (Daily Rate x 200%)]; and
For work done in excess of eight hours (overtime work) during a holiday that also falls on his or her rest day, he/she shall be paid an additional 30 percent of his/her hourly rate on said day (Hourly rate of the basic daily wage x 200% x 130% x 130% x number of hours worked).
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