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 December 9, 2015NWPC RESOLUTION NO. 002-15WHEREAS, the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) is mandated under Article 121 (b) of the Labor Code as amended by Republic Act No. 6727 or the Wage Rationalization Act to formulate policies and guidelines on wages, income and productivity improvement at the enterprise, industry, and national levels;WHEREAS, under paragraph (g) of the aforementioned provision of the Labor Code,NWPC is also mandated to exercise technical and administrative supervision over the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPBs) who, in turn, are mandated under Article 122 (b) to determine and fix minimum wage rates in their region, province, and industries subject to the guideline issued by the Commission;WHEREAS, in order to properly guide RTWPBs in the exercise of wage determination functions, NWPC Guidelines No. 01, series of 1996 (the Rules of Procedure on Minimum Wage Fixing), as amended in 2007, was issued;WHEREAS, the first sentence of Section 3 (3), Rule II (Minimum Wage Fixing) of the amended rules provide that "the notice of petition and/or public hearing shall be published in...