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Question
Holiday for nurses.
Sections 15-18 of Republic Act No. 7305 (The Magna Carta of Public Health Workers) provide for the working hours, overtime work, work during rest days, and night shift work of any public health workers, including nurses, to wit:
SECTION 15. Normal Hours of Work. — The normal hours of work of any public health worker shall not exceed eight (
hours a day or forty (40) hours a week.Hours worked shall include: a) all the time during which a public health worker is required to be on active duty or to be at a prescribed workplace; and b) all the time during which a public health worker is suffered or permitted to work; Provided, that, the time when a public health worker is placed on "On Call" status shall not be considered as hours worked but shall entitle the public health worker to an "On Call" pay equivalent to fifty percent (50%) of his/her regular wage. "On Call" status refers to a condition when public health workers are called upon to respond to urgent or immediate need for health/medical assistance or relief work during emergencies such that he/shall cannot devote the time for his/her own use.
SECTION 16. Overtime Work. — Where the exigencies of the service so require, any public health worker may be required to render service beyond the normal eight (
hours a day. In such a case, the workers shall be paid an additional compensation in accordance with existing laws and prevailing practices.SECTION 17. Work During Rest Day. — a) Where a public health worker is made to work on his/her scheduled rest day, he/she shall be paid an additional compensation in accordance with existing laws.
b) Where a public health worker is made to work on any special holiday he/she shall be paid an additional compensation in accordance with existing laws. Where such holiday work falls on the worker's scheduled rest day, he/she shall be entitled to an additional compensation as may be provided by existing laws.
SECTION 18. Night-Shift Differential. — a) Every public health worker shall be paid a night-shift differential of ten percent (10%) of his/her regular wage for each hour of work performed during the night-shifts customarily adopted by hospitals.
b) Every health worker required to work on the period covered after his/her regular schedule shall be entitled to his/her regular wage plus the regular overtime rate and an additional amount of ten percent (10%) of such overtime rate for each hour of work performed between ten (10) o'clock in the evening to six (6) o'clock in the morning.
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