G/Information: Why do we use the ‘22-day factor’ in computing daily salary rate? Why not 28, 30, or 31?

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED OR ASKED WHY Why do we compute our daily salary rate in the government using a 22-day factor? Why not 28, 30 or 31, since we are paid on a monthly basis?

Another question is, are government employees, who are paid on a monthly basis, (actually) paid during Saturdays, Sundays, and/or Holidays?

Here is our theory (not really a definitive answer because the DBM and/or the CSC are the proper authorities on this matter).

Consider this, in a year, we assume there are 52 weeks and we assume that our working days are from Monday to Friday or 5 days in a week. Thus, in a year there are approximately 260 working days (52 weeks x 5 days/week = 260 working days).

Hence, if we divide 260 working days with 12 months we get 21.66 working days per month or 22 days if rounded off (260 WD / 12month = 21.67 or 22 working days).

Thus, we assume that we are paid only from Monday to Friday and during Holidays if the same fall on weekdays.

Now to answer our other question, are we paid during Saturdays and Sundays? The answer is NO because based on our assumption, there are only 5 working days in a week and our answer is close to the 22-day factor.

Supposed we computed it as there are 7 working days in a week, meaning, including Saturday and Sunday, do we get the same result close to the 22-day factor? No, what we get is 30.33 days (52 weeks x 7 days/week = 364 days/year / 12 months = 30.33 days).

Thus, we conclude that we are not actually paid on Saturdays and Sundays even if we are paid on a monthly basis.

Do you agree with our theory? Pls leave your thoughts in the comments section.