AN ACT GRANTING NIGHT SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL PAY TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INCLUDING THOSE IN GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR -CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Eighteenth Congress
Third Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of July, two thousand twenty one.

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11701, April 13, 2022 ]

AN ACT GRANTING NIGHT SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL PAY TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INCLUDING THOSE IN GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR -CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1. Government employees occupying position items from Division Chief and below, or their equivalent, including those in government-owned or -controlled corporations, whether the nature of their employment is permanent, contractual, temporary, or casual, shall be paid night shift differential at a rate not exceeding twenty percent (20%) of the hourly basic rate of the employee, as determined by the head of the agency, for each hour of work performed between the hours of 6:00 in the evening and 6:00 in the morning of the following day: Provided, That the night shift differential pay provided in this Act shall be in addition to and shall not in any way diminish whatever benefits and allowances are presently enjoyed by government employees.

Hourly basic rate refers to basic salary rate per hour derived by dividing the basic monthly rate by twenty-two (22) working days, and dividing the quotient derived by eight (8) hours.

Section 2. The following govenrment employees are not covered by this Act:

Section 3. The CSC, in coordination with the DBM, shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

Section 4. The amount necessary for the initial implementation of this Act shall be funded as follows:

Section 5. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall remain valid and subsisting.

Section 6. Repealing Clause. - Section 18 of Republic Act No. 8305 is hereby amended or modified accordingly. Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to, or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly.

Section 7. Effectivity. - The Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 643 and House Bill No. 9458, was passed by the Senate of the Philippines and the House of Representatives on February 2, 2022.

Approved: APR 13 2022

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines