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Book III — Conditions of Employment

Article 89Emergency overtime work.

PD 442 · Labor Code of the PhilippinesELI5 guide available

ELI5— what this means for you

Your employer can require overtime in emergencies: national emergency, imminent danger to life or property, urgent machine repairs, preventing loss of perishable goods, or completing work already started before the 8th hour. Even in these cases, overtime pay is still required.

Key point

Even in emergency overtime situations, your employer still owes you overtime pay.

Official text — PD 442

Emergency overtime work.

Any employee may be required by the employer to perform overtime work in any of the following cases:

When the country is at war or when any other national or local emergency has been declared by the National Assembly or the Chief Executive;

When it is necessary to prevent loss of life or property or in case of imminent danger to public safety due to an actual or impending emergency in the locality caused by serious accidents, fire, flood, typhoon, earthquake, epidemic, or other disaster or calamity;

When there is urgent work to be performed on machines, installations, or equipment, in order to avoid serious loss or damage to the employer or some other cause of similar nature;

When the work is necessary to prevent loss or damage to perishable goods; and

Where the completion or continuation of the work started before the eighth hour is necessary to prevent serious obstruction or prejudice to the business or operations of the employer.

Any employee required to render overtime work under this Article shall be paid the additional compensation required in this Chapter.

Source: lawphil.net (PD 442 as amended)

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