November 25, 2019

LIST: Official 2020 Holidays in PH

With less than two months into the year 2020, many are already looking forward to holidays and long weekend schedules. The good news is the Malacañan Palace has released Proclamation No. 845, declaring the regular holidays and special (non-working) days for 2020!

Listed below are the holidays as stated in the proclamation as referred to in our calendar above. The Regular Holidays are marked in yellow and the Special (Non-working) Holidays in blue. Eidul Fitr and Eidul Adha are not included.

Regular Holidays

Date	Event
January 1 (Wed)	New Year’s Day
April 9 (Thurs)	Araw ng Kagitingan
April 9	Maundy Thursday
April 10 (Fri)	Good Friday
May 1 (Fri)	Labor Day
June 12 (Fri)	Independence Day
August 31 (Mon)	National Heroes Day
November 30 (Mon)	Bonifacio Day
December 25 (Fri)	Christmas Day
December 30 (Wed)	Rizal Day

Special (Non-Working) Holidays

Date	Event
January 25 (Sat)	Chinese New Year
February 25 (Tue)	EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary
April 11 (Sat)	Black Saturday
August 21 (Fri)	Ninoy Aquino Day
November 1 (Sun)	All Saint’s Day
November 2 (Mon)	Additional special (non-working) holiday All Soul’s Day
December 8 (Tue)	Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
December 24 (Thurs)	Additional special (non-working) holiday Christmas Eve
December 31 (Thurs)	Last day of the year

The proclamation also made clear that the dates for Eidul Fitr and Eidul Adha will be announced on a later date after the approximate dates of the Islamic holidays in accordance with the Islamic Calendar.

President Rodrigo Duterte signed the proclamation last November 15, which takes effect “immediately.”

IMAGE Official Gazette

Employees who work on regular holidays shall be paid at least 200% of their daily rate according to the Department of Labor and Employment. The pay rules for special (non-working) holidays provide that for work done, an employee shall be paid an additional 30% of his daily rate on the first eight hours.