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DOLE Policy and Program Development Division chief Nicanor Bon (Screengrab from Laging Handa briefing) MANILA - Some 50,000 establishments in the country have complied with the grant of holiday pay to their workers in the first nine months of this year, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Thursday. "So, our compliance rate, as far as holiday pay is concerned is high, 97 percent," Nicanor Bon, chief of the DOLE's Policy and Program Development Division, said in a Laging Handa briefing. Meanwhile, he said over 1,400 firms failed to comply with the measure. "Those who failed to comply are at 1,472. So, our data so far on violations on the payment of holiday pay is low," he said. Bon, however, said businesses that fully stopped operations during the community quarantine are exempted from paying holiday pay. He meanwhile, said the public may report to the DOLE offices in their region or they may call the DOLE Hotline 1349, to report establishments t