Statutory and Monetary Benefits

Employment Categories

• Retail and service establishments with fewer than 10 workers fall under specific employee regulations.
• Kasambahay refers to domestic workers in personal service.
• Managerial employees and officers/members of managerial staff have distinct employment considerations.
• Field personnel operate with unsupervised time and performance metrics.

Holidays and Pay

• Working on regular holidays earns employees 200% of their daily wage.
• If two holidays coincide, employees receive at least 200% for the day, with an additional 100% for required work.
• If two successive regular holidays occur, absence on the day before the first holiday results in no pay for both holidays.
• Unused service incentive leave can be converted to its monetary equivalent at year-end.

Maternity Leave

• Standard maternity leave is 105 days at full pay; eligible solo parents may receive an additional 15 days.
• In cases of miscarriage or emergency termination, maternity leave is 60 days with full pay.
• Live childbirth allows for an optional additional 30 days of unpaid maternity leave.

Paternity Leave

• Married male employees are entitled to paternity leave for up to four deliveries of their spouse.
• Leave is for 7 calendar days with full pay and must be taken after childbirth.
• Unused paternity leave is not convertible to cash.

Parental Leave for Solo Parents

• Granted to solo parents resulting from various circumstances (e.g., rape, death, legal separation).
• Allows for 7 workdays of leave each year.
• Cannot be converted to cash if not utilized and ends when the individual no longer bears sole responsibility for parenthood.

Leave for Violence Against Women and Children

• Women employees who are victims of defined violence can take a paid leave of 10 days to address medical and legal matters.
• Required documentation is a certification from local authorities.

Special Leave for Women

• Female employees undergoing gynecological surgery are entitled to 2 months of special leave with full pay.

13th Month Pay

• Calculated as 1/12 of the total annual basic salary.
• Must be paid by December 24 each year.
• Employees with less than 12 months of service receive a prorated 13th month pay.

Separation Pay

• Employees separated from service receive half a month’s pay for each year worked, with fractional years counted as full.

Disability Benefits

• Temporary Total Disability: Benefits for workers unable to work for up to 120 days.
• Permanent Partial Disability: Benefits for loss of use of a body part.
• Permanent Total Disability: Given after 240 days of inability to work due to severe health issues, such as total blindness or paralysis.

Claiming Benefits

• Claims for work-related sickness, injury, or death must be filed within 3 years.
• Claims for sickness are initiated from the loss of earning capacity; injury claims begin from the injury date, and death claims from the date of death.

Employer Responsibilities

• Employers must contribute to the State Insurance Fund on behalf of employees.
• Registration with GSIS/SSS is mandatory.
• Compliance with health and safety laws is essential to prevent work-related disabilities.
• Employers must maintain records of all employee-related health issues.

Social Security System (SSS)

• Offers benefits for death, disability, sickness, retirement, and unemployment.
• Sickness benefits cover up to 120 days of cash allowance.
• Disability benefits are awarded based on monthly contributions, with specific amounts allocated for various types of disabilities.

PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG

• PhilHealth provides healthcare coverage with a 120-month premium contribution for lifetime membership.
• Pag-IBIG contributions vary based on salary brackets, with employers matching employee contributions.