Prescribing New Minimum Wage Rates for Domestic Workers in the Cordillera Administrative Region

March 12, 2019WAGE ORDER NO. CAR-DW-03PRESCRIBING NEW MINIMUM WAGE RATES FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS IN THE CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONWHEREAS, Republic Act No. 6727 (otherwise known as Wage Rationalization Act of 1989) mandates the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards to periodically assess the wage rates and conduct continuing studies in the determination of the minimum wage applicable in the regions;WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 10361 (otherwise known as An Act Instituting Policies for the Protection and Welfare of Domestic Workers or Batas Kasambahay) set the minimum wage of domestic workers and further mandates the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards to review, and if proper, to determine and adjust the minimum wage rates of domestic workers periodically; SDAaTCWHEREAS, the latest wage order for domestic workers in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Wage Order No. CAR-DW-02, has reached its anniversary, and in the absence of a petition for wage increase filed thereafter, the RTWPB-CAR resolved motu proprio to initiate and conduct wage review, studies on socio-economic condition of the region, including data affecting the interests of both employers...