Service Incentive Leave Philippines 2026: 5-Day SIL Rules, Cash Conversion & Calculator
Service Incentive Leave Philippines 2026 guide: Article 95 eligibility, exclusions, 5-day SIL rules, cash conversion, pro-rata computation and employee remedies.
Compliance guides for Philippine small business owners: payroll computation, mandatory benefits, discipline and lawful termination.

Service Incentive Leave Philippines 2026 guide: Article 95 eligibility, exclusions, 5-day SIL rules, cash conversion, pro-rata computation and employee remedies.

A clause-by-clause guide to the release, waiver and quitclaim Filipino workers are asked to sign at separation — what each part does, which clauses carry the least weight, and how the forum you sign in changes how final it is.

Last materially reviewed: August 16, 2026 Basic salary looks like the simplest number on a payslip. It is actually the most consequential one, because almost nothing else on the payslip is computed independently — thirteenth-month pay, separation pay, retirement pay, overtime, night differential and premium pay are all derived from it. It is also the…

Premium Pay Philippines 2026 guide: rest-day and special non-working day rates, the 30% rule, overtime stacking, worked examples and a calculator.

Leave without pay is not in the Labor Code. Where its rules come from, how it cuts your 13th-month pay, and why it does not reset your leave eligibility.

Closure is an authorized cause under Article 298. When separation pay is owed, when serious business losses excuse it, and what notice the employer must serve.

Understand the 7 working-day paternity leave benefit under RA 8187: eligibility, full pay, documents, deadlines, miscarriage coverage, and what to do if leave is denied.

Retirement Pay Philippines 2026: check Article 302/RA 7641 eligibility, the age and five-year service rules, 22.5-day statutory formula, six-month rounding, exemptions and estimated retirement pay.

Compare resignation, redundancy, retrenchment and just-cause termination in the Philippines — who initiates each, notice required, and separation pay.

13th month pay is the one year-end bonus every covered private-sector employee in the Philippines is legally entitled to. Here’s who qualifies, how it’s computed, the December 24 deadline, tax treatment, and what to do if it isn’t paid.