Title
Overtime and Night Pay for Postal Employees
Law
Republic Act No. 483
Decision Date
Jun 10, 1950
Republic Act No. 483 authorizes the payment of compensation for overtime work and extra pay for night service rendered by postal employees, providing specific guidelines for calculating and distributing such payments.
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Payment of Overtime Compensation

  • The Director of Posts may, with the Secretary of Public Works and Communications' approval, pay monetary compensation for overtime instead of compensatory time.
  • Overtime pay is computed based on the regular wage or salary.
  • For employees paid annually, computation involves dividing the annual salary by the total number of working days excluding Sundays and legal holidays.
  • The resultant daily compensation divided by regular working hours per day determines the hourly overtime rate.

Extra Pay for Night Work

  • Postal employees required to perform night work shall receive extra pay at 10% of their hourly pay per hour.
  • Night work is defined as work performed between 6:00 PM and 6:00 AM.

Funding and Implementation

  • The President is authorized to direct payment for overtime and night work from savings in the Bureau of Posts' appropriations for fiscal year 1951.

Effectivity Clause

  • The Act takes effect immediately upon approval on June 10, 1950.

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