HANDBOOK ON

WORKERS’ STATUTORY
MONETARY BENEFITS
FOREWORD
The Department of Labor and Employment is pleased to release the2019 Edition of Handbook on
Workers’ Statutory Monetary Benefits covering updates on labor standards and developments on
labor rules and regulations.

We continue to envision this Handbook not only as a reliable tool in bringing awareness on labor
laws and regulations but also to serve as effective guide of employees, employers, as well as
students, practitioners and the general public. This Handbook forms part of our dynamic and
further strengthened enforcement activities under the Revised Rules in the administration and
enforcement of labor laws pursuant to the visitorial power of the Secretary of Labor and
Employment.

We commit to be steadfast in addressing violations of labor laws while remaining strict yet
equitable. Also, we aim to educate our clients and encourage them to develop a culture of
voluntary compliance with labor laws in their respective workplaces. In this edition, we updated
the detailed illustration and sample wage computations using the minimum wage rates prescribed
in the most recent Wage Orders.

For easy reference, we incorporated the latest summary of current regional daily minimum
wage rates. We also added Republic Act No. 10966 declaring December 8 (Feast of Immaculate
Concepcion of Mary) as Special Non-Working Day.

Moreover, we clarified herein that distribution of collected Service Charges of establishments

covers not only the employees of the principal but also deployed workers of contractors and
subcontractors pursuant to Labor Advisory No. 13, Series of 2015.

An equally important new item is the incorporation of the new minimum wage ratesprescribed
through the Wage Orders issued by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board for
domestic workers raising the minimum wage in National Capital Region from Php2,500.00 to
Php3,500.00; Php2,500.00 to Php4,000.00 for those employed in chartered cities and first-class
municipalities; and Php1,800.00 toPhp3,000.00 for those in other municipalities.

We sincerely offer this humble work to our clients with the hope that we stay true to our mandate
of promoting full, decent and productive employment opportunities to all Filipino workers in the
country.

SILVESTRE H. BELLO III

Secretary
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT Intramuros, Manila FOREWORD The
Department of Labor and Employment is pleased to release 2019 Edition of Handbook on
Workers’ Statutory Monetary Be covering updates on labor standards and developments on rules
and regulations.

We continue to envision this Handbook not only as a reli awareness on labor laws and
regulations but also to serve employees, employers, as well as students, practitioners and the
This Handbook forms part of our dynamic and further stren activities under the Revised Rules in
the administration and laws pursuant to the visitorial power of the Secretary of Labor commit to
be steadfast in addressing violations of labor laws yet equitable. Also, we aim to educate our
clients and encoura culture of voluntary compliance with labor laws in their respectively In this
edition, we updated the detailed illustration and samp using the minimum wage rates prescribed
in the most recent W reference, we incorporated the latest summary of current re wage rates. We
also added Republic Act No. 10966 declaring Immaculate Concepcion of Mary) as Special Non-
Working Day. herein that distribution of collected Service Charges of estab only the employees
of the principal but also deployed worke subcontractors pursuant to Labor Advisory No. 13,
Series of 201