I work on Good Friday; what is my salary allowance?

We are located in Main week and thousands of Panamanians prepare for religious ceremonies or holidays, however, a percentage of the population will have to work due to the characteristics of the service it provides.

Given the proximity of the holidays, the question arises as to how the employees who work on days declared as holidays or national mourning during these holidays will be paid.

This April 7, 2023, i.e Big Friday, it is the only one National Day of Mourning, under Panamanian law.

In view of this, next Friday becomes a paid day off, and the employee providing his service will receive 1.50% supplement to your salary, plus one day compensating.

In this way, calculation for work Big Friday with a compensation day per week would apply as follows: If your hourly rate is $2.88 and your tip is 1.50%, you would multiply $2.88 by 1.50%, which would be $4.32.

Subsequently, Multiply the result by 8 labor hours, resulting in $34.56.

This way, the payment for the first half of April would be calculated as follows: at regular wages of $2.88 for 104 hours, they are equivalent to $299.52, to which is added the Good Friday allowance ($34.56) for a total payment of $334.08.

According to him Operation code, public holidays or bereavement will be paid with a supplement of 150% of the salary for regular working hours, without prejudice to the employee’s right to receive any other rest day in the week as compensation. The 150% allowance includes compensation for rest days.

If the worker works on a day that should have been free due to working on a public holiday, he is paid a supplement of 50% on a regular working day.

In the meantime, calculation without compensatory day in the corresponding week would be calculated as follows: $2.88 and 50% of the allowance (compensation day), you must multiply $2.88 by 50%, which would result in $1.44. Multiply that $1.44 by 8 labor hours for a total of $11.52.

This way, Payment for the first half of April without taking a compensatory day is calculated as follows: at regular wages of $2.88 for 104 hours is equivalent to $299.52, plus Good Friday surcharge ($34.56), plus unused make-up day surcharge ($11.52) for a total payment of $345.60, details of subject matter expert and job coach, Carmen Rivera.

From Thursday, April 6, at 12 noon, state and municipal public services will be closed due to the celebration of Holy Week.

He Executive Decree No. 10 of March 28, 2023 except for all those public offices, which due to the nature of the service they provide, must remain in operation, such as: Idaan, Minsa, emergency and security departments, health centers and health units of the Social Insurance Fund, ATTT, among others.

Those subsidiaries that, due to the nature of their services, must work smoothly, will be able to use the schemes, procedures or legal regulations on work that they have arranged for this purpose.

Work on Sundays or on another day of mandatory weekly rest is charged with an additional 50 percent on a regular working day, without prejudice to the worker’s right to use another day of rest, it is stated in Labor Law.