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
May –
Anti-Graft and Corruption Awareness Month
“Corruption drains the nation
and victimizes workers who build the nation.
Accountability now!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
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May 1 – Labor Day
May 2 – World Freedom Day
May 12 – World Communication Day
May 15 – International Day of Families
May 16 – International Day of Living
Together in Peace
May 21 – World Day for Cultural Diversity
for Dialogue and Development
Monthly Observances:
The Month of the Ocean
Anti-Graft and Corruption Awareness Month
Volunteerism Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Safe Motherhood Week
Daily Observances:
May 1: Labor Day
May 7: Health Worker’s Day
May 31: National Fisherfolks Day
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