No more holidays for american-managed callcenters!!

[ponkan]

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Holiday economics now a law
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|Inquirer
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|Last updated 11:26pm (Mla time) 07/25/2007
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|MANILA, Philippines -- Holiday economics, or the practice of shifting
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|holiday observances, is now official government policy after President
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|Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed Republic Act 9492 into law.
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|The law, "an act rationalizing the celebration of holidays," mandates
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|most holidays, except those with religious significance, will be
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|the nearest Monday, said Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita who
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|the new law Wednesday.
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|Thus, next month, Ninoy Aquino Day, which celebrates the martyred
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|anti-Marcos opposition leader, normally celebrated on August 21, a
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|will shift to the preceding Monday, August 20.
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|National Heroes' Day, celebrated on August 31, will be observed every
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|Monday of August, which this year falls on August 27.
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|"Therefore, we have two long weekends for the month of August," said
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|The "moveable days" are Bataan Day (April 9), Labor Day (1 May),
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|Independence Day (June 12), National Heroes Day (August 31), Bonifacio
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|(November 30) and Rizal Day (December 30).
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|Thus, if Independence Day, June 12, falls on a weekend, it will be
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|celebrated on the following Monday. The same principle applies if June
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|falls on any day except Monday.
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|Exempted from holiday economics -- that is, holidays that will be
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|on the date on which they fall -- are Christmas Day (December 25), New
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|Year's Eve (December 31), New Year's Day (January 1), Holy Thursday,
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|Friday, Easter Sunday, Eid'l Fitre (October 13) and All Saints Day
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|"Good Friday, you cannot move it to Saturday. Christmas Day, December
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|how can you change the birthday of Jesus Christ? Christmas is
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|said Ermita.
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|The President, who coined the term holiday economics, introduced the
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|in 2001 to reduce disruption to business and production schedules,
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|domestic tourism and give employees long weekends.
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|Critics questioned the soundness of the policy, saying it would result
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|lower output and affect economic productivity. Others deplored it as
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|presidential tinkering with history via executive fiat.
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|But National Statistical Coordination Board figures showed that if
tourism |
|businesses and related industries increased by 10 percent as a result
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|long weekends, the economy would actually experience a 3.5-percent
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|gross domestic product.
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|Under the country's labor laws, employers must pay 200 percent of the
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|rate to those employees who report for work on legal holidays --
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|April 9, May 1, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, June 12, National Heroes
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|Eid'l Fitre, November 30, Christmas Day and December 30.
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|On special holidays, employers must pay 30 percent over the regular
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|These are Ninoy Aquino Day, November 1, election day, November 30,
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|Saturday and holidays that may be declared from time to time by the
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|President.

[SamuraiArcher]

This is very good, para nako ha....long weekends....

[tackielarla]

I concur. At least klaro na jud ang ato holiday system (gamay) and we can plan ahead and more accurately ato leave reqeusts. :mrgreen:

[kamikaze426]

Ngano ang topic " No more holidays for american-managed callcenters!! ", dili ni mu apply sa mga call centers nga balaod?

[ponkan]

it is because employers are SUPPOSED to pay 200% more if we work on special holidays and 30% if a holiday..

Usually day-offs (if we follow America time) are Sundays and Mondays

NOW.. since it's moved on a Monday.. this means no more Holiday pays..

[duchess]

I am not happy with this news. PGMA didn't consider the education sector especially the college level. There are classes held only on MONDAYS (especially for laboratory classes which is once a week). Imagine, for this month of august, we get to meet only on august 13 monday since the aug6 (province chartered day), aug 20 (ninoy) and aug27 (national hero's day) are holidays na She should have declared RA 9492 last summer so the schools can adjust their schedules haaaaaaaaayy wala nakoy mahemz!

[omad]

^ the school will probably re-adjust their lab skeds and would have Saturdays as replacement. same thing with how schools cope-up when successive typhoons hit the country.

[lestat1116]

ako mga class naa man tths. walay effect

[kamikaze426]

it is because employers are SUPPOSED to pay 200% more if we work on special holidays and 30% if a holiday..

Usually day-offs (if we follow America time) are Sundays and Mondays

NOW.. since it's moved on a Monday.. this means no more Holiday pays..

thanks for the clariffication

[matt hue]

liked it but won't apply to me, kay im jobless...liked it kay more bonding with my family...tks