Hours of Labor SECTION  303 . Legal Hours of Labor — Minimum Requirement . — The chiefs of Bureaus and Offices in every branch of the Government service shall require of all employees, of whatever grade or class, not less than the legal number of hours of labor. aTEScI Such hours, except for schools and courts, shall be as prescribed in the Civil Service Rules and as otherwise from time to time disposed in temporary executive orders, in the discretion of the Governor-General; but save on Saturday and during the heated se ason they shall not be less than six and one-half hours per day, not including time for lunch. DCcTHa SECTION  304 . Government Employees not Required to Work on Holidays . — Upon holidays the schools, courts, and the various Departments, Bureaus, and Offices pertaining to the administration of the Insular, provincial, and municipal governments shall be close d; and on such days attendance or labor shall not be required of employees, except as otherwise provided. [1698-22; 1881-1.] SECTION  305 . On Saturdays and During Heated Season . — On Saturdays throughout the year and on all days during the heated season, from April first to June fifteenth, inclusive, the period of labor may be reduced to five continuous hours; but an executive or der so disposing shall not oblige the head of any Department, Bureau, or Office so to reduce the hours of labor in his branch of work, but shall leave the same in his discretion subject to the requirements of the service. TEcHCA [1881-1.] SECTION  306 . Temporary Suspension of Labor for Special Reasons . — The Governor-General may, for special reasons only, direct that any Department, Bureau, or Office be closed during any particular day, or for part of a day, as occasion requires. SECTION  307 . Extension of Hours and Requirement of Overtime Work . — When the interests of the public service so require, the head of any Department, Bureau, or Office may extend the daily hours of labor, in what manner soever fixed, for any or all of the e mployees under him, and may likewise require any or all of them to do overtime work not only on work days but also on holidays. [1881-1.] Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 103