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August 12th, 2010 06:38 PM #31
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August 12th, 2010 07:25 PM #32
If rest and family time is really that important (not that it's not important), then we should opt for a regular 3-day weekend.
Ain't the 2-day weekend, and the 10 day official holidays plus other local and special holidays enough already? Add to that the vacation leaves.
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August 12th, 2010 07:44 PM #33
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August 12th, 2010 07:54 PM #34
Too much of a good thing is also not good.
These intermittent holidays (that fall on Mondays) provide additional time for us to rest, and sometimes go out to outings. Surely, they are very welcome for us, and to our students. I work and teach at a University and we don't have vacation leaves (sick leaves lang).
Kaya lang, mukhang ayaw na ni PNoy ng mga holidays. Here's a related update : http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakin...holidaysPalace
[SIZE=4]Expect less non-working holidays—Palace[/SIZE]
MANILA, Philippines – There could be fewer non-working holidays, a spokesman for President Benigno Aquino III said Thursday.
Cabinet members who participated in the discussion that moved the holiday commemorating Ninoy Aquino Day from August 23 to the original August 21 date agreed that it would be “good for business” to declare lesser holidays, Secretary Edwin Lacierda told a news conference in the Palace.
“Reasons were given saying it would be better to have work on August 23. Like, it would be good for business ... And in government, it is also better if public services are continuous and uninterrupted,” Lacierda said in Filipino.
He recalled that during the meeting, President Aquino himself noted that productivity was affected if people began the work week with a non-working day.
“So, these are all economic considerations that we made the basis for making [Aug. 23] a regular working day. If the first day of the work week is a holiday, it diminishes productivity for the rest of the week,” Lacierda said.
He reiterated that the President was allowed under the law to issue a proclamation changing the date of a holiday included in the line-up signed by then President Gloria Macapagal-Aroyo.
For now, Malacañang remains non-commitant whether to declare National Heroes Day, August 30, which falls on a Monday, a working day.
“We will issue another announcement. There is still no decision up to now. But we will decide on these things on a case-to-case basis,” Lacierda said.
If there is one thing that Lacierda is sure of, it is that President Aquino himself would be working on August 21 when the country observes the 27th death anniversary of his father, the late senator Benigno Aquino Jr.
“I am sure there will be plans to commemorate the event. It is one of the most important events in recent history, how the country turned around from a dictatorship to a democracy,” Lacierda said.
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August 13th, 2010 09:47 AM #35This will be good for the manufacturing and production sector. I just wander how about the tourism and leisure sector? (Also big part of our economic growth came from this sectors) Mukhang affected sila dito, kasi less chance of Pilipinos to go out for vacation.
Actually manufacturing and production businesses have clear view of this holidays, and in the start of their fiscal year the companies already planned for this kind of holidays. How did I knew about it? I am part of a team that plans and schedules this kinds of scenarios (holidays) in an IT consulting firm. So basically po yung mga businesses they already have clear view of this kind of holidays and they will look for ways to cope up with this holidays like staggered hours to cope with the lost time due to holidays, coz it's already planned for this manufacturing or production companies. Unless they didn't planned for it, failure to plan is planning to fail. Dapat covered na nang mga sectors ang holidays thru their own planning. Just my 2cents I can't believe the statement above seems mukhang di na-consult ang mga magagaling na economist.
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August 13th, 2010 10:34 AM #36
Workers still do get paid on Official Public Holidays, Non-Working Holiday ang wala. So di go ma gets the argument na no work no pay. Yung habol ni Noynoy is the solemnity of the occasion, not the economic reason since you would have to report for work on saturday (Aug.21) instead of monday (Aug.23). Binalik lang yung work day sa monday. Most of the holidays already exist, buti if Noynoy declared Aug. 21 as a working holiday.
If Malacanang wants to change the holidays for the remaining year, they should do it ASAP. Not the case to case basis as suggested. Pag sinusumpong si Noynoy, sasabihin lang bigla may pasok. Many companies have to plan ahead. Too bad for those who took advantage of the early bird promos (Cebu Pacific)booked a year ahead to coincide with these announced holidays. Walang refunds mga ito.
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August 13th, 2010 11:14 AM #37
Aug. 21 is a regular special non working day.. same treatment nang Nov. 1 and Dec. 31, by law.. if unworked.. NO PAY yan.. unless may existing company policy na bayad.. so sa ibang manufacturing companies.. no pay yan sa employees.. pag worked naman additional 30% lang yan for the first 8 hours..
don sa mga 5 day work week (22 days per month).. walang effect yang Aug. 21 holiday kasi it falls on a Saturday..
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August 13th, 2010 11:31 AM #38
Sa min if holiday falls on rest day or nataon naka VL ka, we can use it in any day we want to compensate. Filed as CHO.
Kaya ayos lang kahit ilipat lipat nila it's either holiday off or Compensating Holiday pa rin, wala sila lusot.
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August 13th, 2010 11:41 AM #39
The reason why Singapore is more progressive than the Philippines is because of culture.
They have the "kiasu" (ayaw magpatalo) mentality. They strive to be number one in everything (best airport, world class MRT, etc.). We have the "puwede na iyan" and fiesta mentality. We complain when Aug 23 is declared a regular working day.
Singaporeans are punctual, Filipinos have Filipino time.
In Singapore, people behave because security cameras are everywhere and criminals are caught immediately. In the Philippines, we believe that "God is watching us" and "bahala na."
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August 13th, 2010 12:29 PM #40agree. i also heard sa news na advice ng malacanang ay "don't plan your vacations yet" kasi nga case to case basis ang pagbawi sa holidays. ano daw??? so when did vacations become spur of the moment things? hindi naman ito pinaplano within days of the trip, usually months ahead.
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