FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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Introduced by Senator Antonio “Sonny” F. Trillanes N 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Generally, government employees work for eight (8) hours between 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Services 
rendered beyond the regular eight hour work schedules are paid overtime pay in accordance with 
existing laws and rules and regulations. There are government employees, however, whose 
regular working hours fall between 6:OO p.m. to 6:OO a.m. of the next day. 
The work at night is more strenuous than work done during the day, hence, the former deserves 
greater compensation. It is a universal fact that the normal work is performed during the day and 
the work done at night is exceptional and justified only on grounds of inevitable necessity. 
Hygienic, medical, moral, cultural, and socio-biological reasons, moreover, show that night work 
entails various inconveniences and when there is no alternative but to perform it, it is only just 
that the laborer should earn greater salary than the ordinary work so as to compensate the laborer 
to some extent for the inconvenience. 
This bill seeks to provide incentives to government employees who work late at night until the 
wee hours of the morning when they are supposed to be asleep. Under this bill, government 
employees, including those in government-owned and controlled corporations, shall be paid 
night shift differential pay at a rate not exceeding twenty per centum (20%) of the hourly basic 
rate of the employees for each of work performed between ten o’clock in the evening and six 
o’clock in the morning. 
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In recognition of their unselfish service, approval of this bill is highly recommended. 
A N T ~ N ~  
“SONNY” R’TRILLANES IV 
Senator 
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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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First Regular Session 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PFIILXPPINES 
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SENATE 
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Introduced by Senator Antonio “Sonny” F. Trillanes IV 
AN ACT 
GRANTING NIGHT SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL PAY TO THE GOVERNMENT 
CORPORATIONS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representative of the Phil@pines in Congress 
Assembled: 
EMPLOYEES INCLUDING THOSE IN GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED 
SECTION 1. Government employees, including those in government-owned or 
controlled corporations, whether their nature of employment is permanent contractual, temporary 
or casual, shall be paid night shiR differential at a rate not exceeding twenty per centum (20%) of 
the hourly basic rate of the employee for each hour of work performed between ten o’clock in 
the evening and six o’clock in the morning: Provided, That the night shift differential pay 
provided under this Act shall be in addition to and shall not in “any way diminish whatever 
benefits and allowances being presently enjoyed by government employees. 
“Hourly basic rates” refers to basic salary rate per hour derived by dividing the monthly 
rate by twenty-two (22) working days and dividing the quotient derived by eight (8) hours. 
SEC. 2. The following government employees are not covered by this Act: 
a) Public health workers who are already covered by Republic Act No. 7305; and 
b) Government employees whose services are required or are on call twenty-four (24) 
hours a day such as the uniformed personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines 
(AFP), the Philippine National Police PIP), 
the Bureau of Jail Management and 
Penology (BJMP), and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). 
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SEC. 3. The Civil Service Commission, in coordination with the Department of Budget 
and Management, shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the effective 
implementation of this Act. 
SEC. 4. The amount necessary for the effective implementation of this Act shall be 
funded as follows: 
a) For the national government entities, the initial amount shall be charged from the 
savings generated from the different departments, bureaus, offices, and agencies. 
Thereafter, such sum as maybe necessary for the continuous implementation of this 
Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. 
b) For local government units, the amount shall be charged against their respective 
funds. 
c) For government-owned or controlled corporations and their subsidiaries, the amount 
shall come from their respective corporate funds. 
SEC. 5. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations, and other issuances or parts 
thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or amended accordingly. 
SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in at least two (2) 
national newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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