In the Proclamation at the beginning of the year, these three days were listed as Special Non-Working

Holidays. The reason for their removal is for economic grounds to give the companies a little respite
from paying for the multitude of holidays we have here these days.

Both November 2 (All Souls' Day) and December 24 (Christmas Eve) were not originally in the standard
list of national holidays, and were only given (if given at all) only shortly before the actual date. These
were given as additional proclamations by the President AFTER the official proclamation of National and
Special holidays was already announced.

BUT… None of them were listed as holidays until 2012.

In 2012, November 2 was temporarily included as a “Special Non-working Holiday”, though December
24 was still set as “observance” only, and was not a holiday.

In 2013, neither November 2 nor December 24 were holidays.

In 2014, December 24 was temporarily included as a “Special Non-working Holiday”, while November 2
was not.

December 24 was also included in 2015, though again, November 2 was not.

In 2016, December 24 was added as a “Special Non-working Holiday”.

In 2018, 2019, and 2020, November 2 and December 24 were listed as “Additional Special Non-working
Holidays” in the official Proclamation.

And now, in 2021, they are both not included again.

(December 31 has always been a Special Non-Working Holiday, so no idea why they included that one
here now.)

All Souls and Christmas Eve as holidays are relatively new here in the Philippines. But there are still 12
National Regular Holidays, 6 Special Non-Working Holidays, and a lot of “local” holidays that are region,
province, or city-based that employees WILL get premium pay for.

3 against 18+? I think the balance is definitely in favor of the worker here.