SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
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Introduced by Senator Antonio "Sonny" F. Trillanes IV 
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 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. of the next day. 
The work at night is more strenuous than work done during the day, hence, the fonner 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 perfonn 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. 
In recognition of their unselfish service, approval ofthis bill is highly recommended. 
"SONNY' F. TRILLANES IV 
Senator 
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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S. NO. __ 7-,-9_1_ 
Introduced by Senator Antonio "Sonny" F. Trillanes IV 
AN ACT 
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GRANTING NIGHT SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL PAY TO THE GOVERNMENT 
EMPLOYEES INCLUDING THOSE IN GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED 
CORPORATIONS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative of the Philippines in Congress 
Assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Government employees, including those in government-owned or 
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controlled corporations, whether their nature of employment is permanent contractual, temporary 
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or casual, shall be paid night shift differential at a rate not exceeding twenty per centum (20%) of 
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the hourly basic rate of the employee for each hour of work performed between ten 0' clock in 
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the evening and six o'clock in the morning: Provided, That the night shift differential pay 
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provided under this Act shall be in addition to and shall not in any way diminish whatever 
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benefits and allowances being presently enjoyed by government employees. 
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"Hourly basic rates" refers to basic salary rate per hour derived by dividing the monthly 
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rate by twenty-two (22) working days and dividing the quotient derived by eight (8) hours. 
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SEC. 2. The following government employees are not covered by this Act: 
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a) Public health workers who are already covered by Republic Act No. 7305; and 
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b) Government employees whose services are required or are on call twenty-four (24) 
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hours a day such as the uniformed personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines 
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(AFP), the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Bureau of Jail Management and 
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Penology (BJMP), and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). 
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SEC. 3. The Civil Service COmmissiQri, in.cooroinatiOriwitli tIre Department QfBooget 
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and Management, shall promulgate the necessary ruleilandi ~~lations f()f ttl¢: eft'eCtive 
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implementation of this Act. 
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SEC. 4. The am(Junt necessary for the effective implementation of this Act shall be 
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funded as follows: 
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a) For the national government entities, the initial amount shall be charged from the 
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savings generated from the different departments; bureaus, offices, .and lIgencies. 
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Thereafter, such S1lIIl as maybe nl;cessary for the· continuous implemeI\tiltion .ofthis 
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Act shall be included in the annuaLOeneral.Appropriations Act. 
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b) For local government units, the amount shall be charged against their respective 
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funds. 
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c) For government-owned or controlled corporations and ~ir subsidiari¢s, the amount 
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shall come from their respective corporate funds. 
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SEC. 5. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations, and other issuances or parts 
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thereof inconsistent with the provisiOnS of this Act are hereby r:epealed or amended accordingly. 
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SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in at 1!:ast twp (2) 
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nadonal newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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