Excluding Weekends from Leave Computation

Vacation leave is granted after at least six months of continuous, faithful, and satisfactory service.
The grant of vacation leave is at the discretion of the President, proper head of department, or chief of office (in the case of municipal employees).
The entitlement is for fifteen days of vacation leave with full pay per calendar year of service.
The computation of vacation leave excludes Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.

In addition to vacation leave, employees are entitled to fifteen days of sick leave with full pay for each year of service.
Sick leave also excludes Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays in its computation.
Sick leave is granted only on account of sickness to the employee or a member of his immediate family.
Approval authority for sick leave lies with the President, head of department or independent office concerned, or chief of office (for municipal employees).

The law excludes certain government-owned or controlled corporations specified in other statutes from its coverage.
The leave benefits are conditioned on satisfactory and faithful service for a continuous period of at least six months.