Every hour worked between 10 PM and 6 AM earns at least 10% more than the same hour worked by day. The night shift differential is simple on an ordinary night. It gets confusing when the night hour is also overtime, a rest day or a holiday, so here is how the premiums stack, in pesos.
- Night differential is 10% of the hourly rate for each hour worked from 10 PM to 6 AM.
- It is computed on the rate for that hour, so it stacks with overtime, rest day and holiday premiums.
- A twelve-hour night shift from 6 PM to 6 AM has eight night hours: four regular and four overtime.
Night hour rates by type of day
With a ₱755.00 daily rate the ordinary hourly rate is ₱94.38. The table shows what one night hour pays on each kind of day.
| Night hour on | Rate | Pay per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Ordinary day | 110% | ₱103.82 |
| Ordinary day, overtime | 137.5% | ₱129.77 |
| Rest day or special day | 143% | ₱134.96 |
| Rest day or special day, overtime | 185.9% | ₱175.44 |
| Regular holiday | 220% | ₱207.63 |
| Regular holiday, overtime | 286% | ₱269.92 |
Example: a twelve-hour night shift
Security guards usually work twelve-hour shifts. The night guard on a 6 PM to 6 AM shift works eight regular hours, from 6 PM to 2 AM, and four overtime hours, from 2 AM to 6 AM. Eight of the twelve hours fall between 10 PM and 6 AM: four regular and four overtime.
- 8 regular hours, 6 PM to 2 AM
- ₱755.00
- 4 overtime hours at 125%, 2 AM to 6 AM
- ₱471.88
- Night differential, 4 regular hours from 10 PM (10% of 100%)
- ₱37.75
- Night differential, 4 overtime hours (10% of 125%)
- ₱47.19
- Pay for the shift
- ₱1,311.82
Each line is rounded once to the centavo, the way Payslip.ph computes it.
Who is entitled
All employees are covered, except:
- managerial employees, officers and staff whose duties are managerial in character
- field personnel and others whose time and performance cannot be supervised
- workers of retail and service businesses regularly employing not more than five workers
- kasambahay, who are covered by the Batas Kasambahay, and government employees
For the rest of the overtime rules, see how to compute overtime pay. For holiday rates, see holiday pay computation.