EPISODE 121: The Ruling on Overtime Pay: When Extra Hours Must Be Paid

Does entitlement to overtime pay extend to security guards under a ‘broken period’ scheme when their designated rest intervals are too brief to allow practical personal use? Listen to the #SupremeCourtPH Podcast with guest Atty. Evelyn (Leo) D. Battad, a member of the Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Department of the Philippine Judicial Academy. She also teaches the same subject at the University of the Philippines Graduate School of Law. A human rights advocate, Attorney Battad is also an associate professor at the UP College of Law, where she teaches labor and social legislation, among others. Supreme Court Chief Communications Officer Atty. Mike Navallo and Atty. Battad discuss the payment of overtime wages within the context of the case of Lorenzo D. Cambila Jr. and Albajar S. Samad v. Seabren Security Agency and Elizabeth S. Dureza, G.R. No. 261716. This Decision was penned by Justice Henri Jean Paul B. Inting and promulgated by the Supreme Court Third Division on October 21, 2024.