Legarda Seeks to Double Night Shift Pay Differential to 20% for Private Sector Workers

Senator Loren Legarda is pushing a bill that would double the minimum night shift differential paid to covered workers in the private sector, from 10 percent to 20 percent.

The measure is Senate Bill No. 2585, which Legarda authored. In a Facebook post from her official page, she said the 10 percent rate has been in place for more than 50 years, even as the prices of goods, daily expenses and the challenges workers face have changed.

What the bill changes

According to the graphics in Legarda's post, the 10 percent minimum has not changed since 1974. SB 2585 is titled as an act amending Article 86 of the Labor Code to increase the night shift differential.

Under the proposal, the higher differential would apply to each hour of work between 10:00 PM and 6:00 AM for covered private sector workers.

Her case for night workers

"The sleeplessness, fatigue and sacrifice of those who work at night deserve fairer compensation," Legarda said in her post, in a translation from Filipino. She added that she pushed the bill so the minimum extra pay for covered workers rises to 20 percent for work from 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM.

Her post also said night work comes with fatigue, effects on health, difficulty commuting and less time for family and loved ones, and that the sacrifice of night shift workers does not end when the work hours do.

Existing higher rates stay

The post also addressed workers who already receive more than the minimum. Under the proposal, a higher night shift differential already provided by a collective bargaining agreement, an employment contract, a company policy or practice, or another legal arrangement would not be reduced, according to the post. Credit: Office of Senator Loren Legarda, from her Facebook post of November 11, 2026.