Increasing the Statutory Minimum Wage Rates

October 17, 1990WAGE ORDER NO. RB III-01INCREASING THE STATUTORY MINIMUM WAGE RATESThe Regional Tripartite Wages & Productivity Board of Region III recognizing the diminishing purchasing power of the working sector, the need to generate employment opportunities, the viability of business and industry, the countryside development objectives of the government and adhering to the spirit of tripartism and mutual respect towards achieving industrial peace within the region acted motu propio on the matter of wage adjustment to enable workers and their families to cope with recent increases in the cost of living. cdtNOW, therefore, by virtue of the power and authority vested under Republic Act No. 6727, known as the Wage Rationalization Act, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board of Region III hereby issues this Wage Order:SECTION 1. Upon the effectivity of this Wage Order, the statutory minimum wage rates applicable to workers and employees in the private sector in Region III shall be increased by fourteen pesos (P14.00) per day.SECTION 2. In the case of private educational institutions, the share of the covered workers...