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Labor Code · Wages · Chapter III – Payment of Wages

Article 103

Time of Payment

Not amended

Wages shall be paid at least once every two (2) weeks or twice a month at intervals not exceeding sixteen (16) days. If on account of force majeure or circumstances beyond the employer’s control, payment of wages on or within the time herein provided cannot be made, the employer shall pay the wages immediately after such force majeure or circumstances have ceased. No employer shall make payment with less frequency than once a month.

The payment of wages of employees engaged to perform a task which cannot be completed in two (2) weeks shall be subject to the following conditions, in the absence of a collective bargaining agreement or arbitration award:

1. That payments are made at intervals not exceeding sixteen (16) days, in proportion to the amount of work completed;

2.

That final settlement is made upon completion of the work.

Editor’s notes from DOLE (1)

See L.A. No. 01 (2014), Time and Interval of Payment of Wages in Subcontracting/Job Contracting Arrangement under D.O. No. 18-A (2011). Please be guided that D.O. 18-A was superseded by D.O. No. 174 (2017).

Text and numbering follow the Department of Labor and Employment's 2022 edition of Presidential Decree No. 442, as amended and renumbered under DOLE Department Advisory No. 01, series of 2015. Former article numbers are shown in brackets. Notes are DOLE's editorial notes. Amendments after that edition are not included. For information and research only, and not legal advice. For certified copies, refer to the Official Gazette or the issuing agency.