May 1 is a regular holiday; DOLE reiterates pay rules
2010-04-28 May 1 is Labor Day and is a regular holiday nationwide, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced today.
Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito D. Roque said that this year's Labor Day will be celebrated nationwide on May 1, 2010, a Saturday, on the theme, "Manggagawang Pilipino, Kaagapay sa Pagbabago,” Roque said the Labor Day 2010 regular holiday had been affirmed under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's Presidential Proclamation No. 1841, which she issued earlier on July 21, 2009.
The Labor and Employment Chief said the yearly, nationwide celebration honors all the Filipino workers both at home and overseas, and affirms the greater social partnership of labor with the go
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