You may be wondering if a charter day holiday is declared for a city or province, do you get something like a double pay if you come to work? Every year, cities and provinces in the Philippines celebrate charter day or the founding anniversary of the place and usually there is no work for this day as this is declared as a special non-working holiday by Malacanang. You can monitor announcements like this on the Official Gazette. The Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines is a government website administered by the Office of the President of the Philippines. This site contains proclamations like special non-working holidays for fiestas, festivals, special events celebrations, and charter days. You can also find links to different government agencies, executive issuances, publication of Republic Acts, and a lot more in the Official Gazette. Paskong Pinoy linked above the page where the holiday proclamations such as charter day are listed. ...
DOLE Holiday Pay Rules
Holiday Pay Rules for Regular and Special Holidays in the Philippines
The Philippines enjoys more number of nationwide public holidays compared to many other countries. Aside from the national holidays (regular and special), there are also city-wide-only and province-wide only public holidays. These extra special non-working holidays must be declared as such by Malacañang through a proclamation. Without an official proclamation, there is no special non-working holiday in a specific LGU only, unless the date is already covered by a republic act. Example of limited scope special non-working holiday that must be declared yearly is the Malasiqui founding anniversary which needs a proclamation from Malacañang and is only for the municipality of Malasiqui in Pangasinan. Another example is the Ati-Atihan Festival which is usually declared by the current president as special non-working day. Now, there are city-wide or province-wide special (non-working) holiday that doesn’t need a proclamation yearly because there is already a law about ...