{"id":271600,"date":"2020-10-12T08:06:14","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T12:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=271600"},"modified":"2025-01-09T08:42:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T13:42:56","slug":"no-requests-yet-from-employers-on-13th-month-pay-exemption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/10\/12\/no-requests-yet-from-employers-on-13th-month-pay-exemption\/","title":{"rendered":"No requests yet from employers on 13th month pay exemption"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_235029\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235029\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/factory-workers_5b150d50dfd5c5_16164152.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-235029\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/factory-workers_5b150d50dfd5c5_16164152.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/factory-workers_5b150d50dfd5c5_16164152.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/factory-workers_5b150d50dfd5c5_16164152-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-235029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Covered by payment are rank and file employees who have served at least one year in the company where they are employed. (PNA file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has yet to receive requests from employers seeking an exemption from the payment of 13th-month pay amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Labor Undersecretary Benjo Benavidez said based on his experience, he has not encountered exemption requests from employers regarding the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been in the department for the past 12 years.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cipro online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biop.cz\/fotky\/nahledy\/jpg\/cipro.html\">http:\/\/www.biop.cz\/fotky\/nahledy\/jpg\/cipro.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> I was assigned at the National Capital Region for five years and I have not encountered that an employer who filed an exemption for 13th-month pay,\u201d he said during the V-Caf\u00e9@DOLE, a virtual media kapihan on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He added that there is an existing mechanism regarding the issue of the exemption from paying the 13th-month pay, which is equivalent to a one-month salary of workers in the private sector.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy amoxicillin online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biop.cz\/fotky\/nahledy\/jpg\/amoxicillin.html\">http:\/\/www.biop.cz\/fotky\/nahledy\/jpg\/amoxicillin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is what we call the implementing rules issued in 1975. But those implementing rules and regulations (IRR) in the most recent past, nobody has availed,\u201d Benavidez said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cymbalta online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biop.cz\/fotky\/nahledy\/jpg\/cymbalta.html\">http:\/\/www.biop.cz\/fotky\/nahledy\/jpg\/cymbalta.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>He added that the IRR was issued by then Labor Secretary Blas Ople that employers may be exempted but they would have to apply for it.<\/p>\n<p>He added the National Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (NTIPC) is set to meet on Tuesday to discuss the matter among other issues.<\/p>\n<p>The payment of 13th-month pay is mandated under Presidential Decree 851 signed in 1975 by then President Ferdinand Marcos.<\/p>\n<p>Covered by payment are rank and file employees who have served at least one year in the company where they are employed.<\/p>\n<p>It should be given to the workers on or before December 24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has yet to receive requests from employers seeking an exemption from the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":235029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-271600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271600"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281612,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271600\/revisions\/281612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}