Prescribing New Minimum Wage Rates for Domestic Workers in Region VI-Western Visayas

March 27, 2019WAGE ORDER NO. RBVI-DW-03PRESCRIBING NEW MINIMUM WAGE RATES FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS IN REGION VI-WESTERN VISAYASWHEREAS, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB)-VI is mandated under Republic Act No. 6727 entitled (The Wage Rationalization Act), to periodically assess wage rates and conduct continuing studies in the determination of the minimum wage applicable in the region or industry; HTcADCWHEREAS, Section 24 of Republic Act No. 10361 entitled (An Act Instituting Policies for the Protection and Welfare of Domestic Workers or Batas Kasambahay) which took effect on 10 February 2013, sets the minimum wage of domestic workers and mandated the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards to review, and if proper, determine and adjust the minimum wage rates of domestic workers one (1) year from the effectivity of the law and periodically thereafter;WHEREAS, the second wage order for Domestic Workers in Western Visayas, Wage Order No. RBVI-DW-02, has reached its first year anniversary on December 08, 2018, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) VI initiated, motu proprio, the conduct of wage review, studies...