Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE)

November 7, 2023 Dear Franz Louie Pascual, Thank you for your request dated Nov 07, 2023 02:11:36 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for Is it legal to have a mandatory overtime for a year?. The Labor Code of the Philippines stands as the law governing employment practices and labor relations in the Philippines. The Philippine labor laws require employers to pay their employees overtime pay for work performed beyond 8 hours a day with additional 25% of their hourly rate on regular working days and 30% of the hourly rate during rest days, regular, and special holidays. An employee is entitled to overtime pay when they have worked in excess of eight hours a day. As a general rule, all overtime work must be voluntary, so employers cannot force their employees to work overtime. To ensure compliance with regulations, employers should accurately record and report the amount of time their employees are working each day and keep track of any overtime performed. The responses were made based only on the facts that were presented. This opinion shall not be used in any administrative or court proceedings as this may change based on any undisclosed information vital to the issues presented. Help us to continuously improve our FOI Program Implementation by completing the DOLE-FOI Request Feedback Form through this link: bit.ly/DOLE-FOIFeedbackForm Thank you. Respectfully, Mark Valeros FOI Receiving Office