The Department of Labor and Employment should immediately crack down on employers who failed to give their workers the mandatory 13th-month pay.
Just a day before New Year’s Eve, DOLE’s Labor Communication Office Director Nicon Fameronag told the media that they have received 752 calls from workers nationwide who complained that their employers did not give them their 13th-month pay.
The payment of the 13th-month pay is mandated by law (Presidential Decree No. 851). All employers are supposed to provide their workers 13th-month pay before December 24. Employers may provide half of the 13th-month pay before the opening of the school year but the remaining half must be paid on or before December 24, or they would be liable for administrative sanctions from DOLE.
Also, as per PD 851, any worker, whether regular, contractual or casual, is entitled to the 13th-mo
Sept 5 – Oct 5
National Teachers Month
“Pay teachers decent wages,
Pay attention to teachers!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos
September
Monthly Observances:
Health, Safety, and Sanitation Month
Clean-up Month
Civil Service Month
National Peace Consciousness Month
Social Security Month
Rule of Law Month
National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5-Oct 5)
Weekly Observances:
Sept 17 – 23:
World Clean and Green Week
Week 2: Education Week
Week 4: Medicine Week
Last Week: Family Week
Daily Observances:
Third Saturday: International Coastal Clean-up Day
Third Monday: World Health Day
Last Friday: National Maritime Day
Sept 8: National Literacy Day
Sept 15: Philippine Medicine Day
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