QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 11701)
It grants night shift differential pay to covered government employees for each hour of work performed between 6:00 PM and 6:00 AM of the following day.
Government employees occupying position items from Division Chief and below, or their equivalent.
Yes. RA 11701 expressly includes employees in government-owned or -controlled corporations.
RA 11701 covers employees regardless of whether their employment is permanent, contractual, temporary, or casual.
At a rate not exceeding 20% of the employee’s hourly basic rate, as determined by the head of the agency.
Each hour of work performed between 6:00 PM and 6:00 AM of the following day.
Night shift differential pay is in addition to existing benefits and allowances and shall not diminish them.
Hourly basic rate is the basic monthly rate divided by 22 working days, then the quotient divided by 8 hours.
Employees whose schedule of office hours fall between 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM are not covered. Services beyond the regular 8-hour schedule are paid as overtime under existing laws, rules, and regulations.
Employees required or on call 24 hours a day, such as uniformed personnel of the AFP, PNP, BJMP, BFP, and other similarly situated employees as determined by the CSC and DBM.
No; those employees are not covered for night shift differential, and services beyond the regular 8-hour schedule are instead paid overtime pay under existing laws.
The Civil Service Commission (CSC), in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
For the initial implementation, it is charged against existing appropriations of the concerned departments, bureaus, offices, and agencies; thereafter, amounts needed are included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Charged against their respective funds, subject to Sections 325 and 331 of RA 7160 (Local Government Code of 1991).
Charged against their respective corporate funds.
It takes effect fifteen (15) days after publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
If any provision is held invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder remains valid and subsisting.
It amends or modifies Section 18 of RA 8305 accordingly and repeals, modifies, or amends any contrary or inconsistent laws, presidential issuances, executive orders, administrative rules, or regulations.