Hours of Work
As per the Labor Code, the normal hours of work, enacted to safeguard the health
and welfare of the employees shall not exceed eight (8) hours a day excluding
meal periods. The following general principles shall govern in determining
whether the time spent by an employee is considered hours worked for purpose of
this rule as determined by Atty. Ceasar Asuzena:
·
All hours are hours worked which the employee is required to give to his
employer, regardless of whether or not such hours are spent in productive labor
or involve physical or mental exertion;
·
An employee need not leave the premises of the workplace in order that his rest
period shall not be counted, it being enough that he stops working, rest
completely and may leave his workplace, go elsewhere, whether within or outside
the premises of the workplace;
·
If the work performed was necessary, or it benefited the employer, or the
employee could not abandon his work at the end of his normal working hours
because he had no replacement, all the time spent for such work shall be
considered hours worked, if the work was with the knowledge of his employer or
immediate supervisor;
·
The time during which an employee is inactive by reason of interruptions in his
work beyond his control shall be considered time either if the imminence of the
resumption of work requires the employee’s presence at the place of work or if
the interval is too brief to be utilized effectively and gainfully in the
employee’s own interest.
In addition, the Labor Code constitutes that attendance at lectures, meetings,
training programs, and similar activities need not be counted as working time if
the following criteria are not met:
1.
Attendance is outside of the employee’s regular working hours
2.
Attendance is in fact voluntary; and
3.
The employee does not perform any productive work during such attendance
Hours of work for teachers on the other hand requires 8 hours per day or 40
hours a week devoted to the school. The normal activities of a full time teacher
include teaching, materials production, student counseling and parent
conferences. In addition, a teacher is expected to moderate some extra and
co-curricular activities serve in committees and in academic planning,
participate in community projects, organizations, and programs.
For teaching faculty, the service includes actual teaching which shall consist
of a maximum of 5 hours daily from Monday – Friday. Vacant periods (non-teaching
hours) shall be devoted to professional growth, lesson and material preparation,
correction of test papers, recording results, class substitutions, meetings,
proctoring, assignments, student/parent consolations and other related
activities.
Teachers and other personnel are required to attend official school
functions which may be scheduled outside the 8-hour service per day or 40-hour
service each week and will be required to go to school on designated Saturdays
for activities such as: seminars, card-giving, academic contests, completion of
uncommitted requirements, required make-up classes, community service activities
and the like.
Timekeeping
Employees of the school are required to register their entry and exit from the
school at all times, which includes time out and time in from a lunch break. The
recording of this information will be considered valid for attendance and
payroll purposes.
Employees are required to use the “Biometrics System”, a scanning method, which
registers the employee using the finger print as timekeeping monitoring system.
The system must be used for the following occasions at all times:
·
Start and end of the day
·
Lunch out and In
·
Official Business
Except for the regular “start and end” day entry, employees temporarily leaving
the school premises to attend to personal errands and/or official business are
required to (1) secure necessary approval from their superiors using the HRD’s
prescribed forms and (2) register “exit and entry” from campus using the system
for effective monitoring and employee management.
Summer Service
After March 31, the teaching pool of the