Also, the proximity of Christmas and New Year reduces the importance of the holiday on December 30. Take the day off from work Rizal Day on December 30 is a special non-working holiday. Most workers take the day
Most workers have the day off as a paid workday. Those individuals who do need to work on Rizal Day are entitled to get twice their normal daily rate of wages. On June 20th 2011, a special one-off non-working holiday was declared in honour of Rizal's 150th Birthday. The Monumental ...
The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill that would put put an end to more than a century of observing Rizal Day during his death anniversary on Dec. 30 and move the non-working holiday to June 19, the national hero's birthday.Manila Bulletin...