Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE)

January 10, 2023 Dear Nathan Yatco, Thank you for your request dated Jan 09, 2023 11:37:53 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for Law on Late Salary. May we refer you to Art. 103 of the Labor Code of the Philippines, Time of payment. Wages shall be paid at least once every two (2) weeks or twice a month at intervals not exceeding sixteen (16) days. If on account of force majeure or circumstances beyond the employer’s control, payment of wages on or within the time herein provided cannot be made, the employer shall pay the wages immediately after such force majeure or circumstances have ceased. No employer shall make payment with less frequency than once a month. The payment of wages of employees engaged to perform a task which cannot be completed in two (2) weeks shall be subject to the following conditions, in the absence of a collective bargaining agreement or arbitration award: That payments are made at intervals not exceeding sixteen (16) days, in proportion to the amount of work completed; We advise you to settle the issue at a plant level through the company's grievance machinery. In its absence or the issue remains unresolved, you may raise your concern to the DOLE Regional or Field Office having jurisdiction to your workplace for conciliation and mediation proceedings. Help us to continuously improve our FOI Program Implementation by accomplishing the DOLE-FOI Request Feedback Form through this link: bit.ly/DOLE-FOIFeedbackForm Thank you. Respectfully, Mark Valeros FOI Receiving Officer