Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
‘Quezon City, Metro Manila

Thirteenth Congress
First Regular Session

House BillNo. 1507

Introduced by Honorable Alfonso V. Umali, Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to encourage employers in the private sectors to adopt a
flexible time scheme that would allow their employees to work for a lesser
number of days but with same forty-hour work period in a week

A staggered working hour scheme would give the employees longer
weekly respite from their workplace providing them with an additional quality time
with their families. This would foster stronger family relations which the State,
under the 1987 Constitution, endeavors to uphold and protect.

A lesser number of working days but with the same standard working
hours in a week would translate to lesser transportation and food expenses.
Lesser working days mean lesser commuters and lesser demand for public
transport that would alleviate the horrific traffic condition in the metropolis and
other urban centers in the Philippines. This would likewise lessen energy
requirement for the country.

Labor sectors working under the protective mantle of the constitution
should be given ample opportunity for self-sufficiency outside their workplaces
hence an extra free day could be utilized to engage in other income-generating
activities that may contribute to the growth of small and medium scale industries.

The lessening of working days for private employees would not diminish
their normal take-home wage considering that they are paid by the hour.

Immediate approval of this bill is therefore earnestly requested.



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Thirteenth Congress
First Regular Session

House BillNo. 1507

Introduced by Honorable Alfonso V. Umali, Jr.

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A STRAGGERED WORKING HOUR SCHEME IN THE
PRIVATE SECTOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Hours of Work.- Any provisions of law to the contrary
notwithstanding, the normal hours of employees in the private sector may exceed
eight (8) hours a day but shall not exceed forty (40) hours a week.

SEC. 2. Overtime.- Work performed by employees beyond forty (40)
hours in a week shall be paid an additional compensation equivalent to its
regular hourly rate plus an additional twenty-five percent (25%) thereof. Work
performed on a holiday or rest day shall be paid an additional compensation
equivalent to the hourly rate on a holiday or rest day plus at least thirty percent
(30%) thereof.

SEC. 3. Night Shift Differential. An employee shall be paid night shift
differential of not less than ten percent (10%) of his regular wage for each hour of
work performed between ten o'clock in the evening and six o'clock in the
morning. When the adopted working hour scheme extends to or commences on
the night shift period, the employees shall be paid night shift differential only for

the hours worked within the night shift periods.


SEC. 4. Rules and Regulations... The Secretary of Labor and
Employment shall issue rules and regulations necessary to implement the

provisions of this Act.

SEC. 5. Effecti .- This Act shall take fifteen (15) days after its

publication in any two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,