DOLE reminds biz owners of 13th month pay mandated by law

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00:00 The 13th month pay added compensation or bonus is mandated by law and all private companies

00:05 or businesses are required to pay this entitlement to their workers.

00:10 Labor Undersecretary Benjo Benavides reminds all business owners or private company employers

00:15 each rank and file employee who puts in at least a month of work or more qualifies for

00:22 the extra month pay benefit.

00:24 To compute for the amount, add the total basic salary paid for months' work and divide

00:29 the sum by 12.

00:30 Any employer who seeks to shirk his duty to pay his or her employee the mandated 13th

00:36 month pay benefit will be held seriously into account by the Department of Labor and Employment.

00:42 "If the employer does not pay the compliance order, this is a court decision where we can

00:51 execute through the writ of execution and we can garnish their account or levy the compensation

00:59 of their property and we can give the proceeds to the workers who claim 13th month pay."

01:07 [SWOOSH]