Prescribing New Minimum Wage Rates in MIMAROPA Region

October 9, 2018WAGE ORDER NO. RB-MIMAROPA-09PRESCRIBING NEW MINIMUM WAGE RATES IN MIMAROPA REGIONWHEREAS, Republic Act 6727 mandates the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPBs) to determine and fix the minimum wage rates applicable in their regions, provinces and industries and to issue the corresponding Wage Orders, subject to guidelines issued by the National Wages and Productivity Commission; WHEREAS, pursuant to Sec. 3 (a) of NWPC Guidelines No. 01, Series of 2007, (Amended Rules of Procedure on Minimum Wage Fixing") and NWPC Guidelines No. 01, Series of 2015 ("Guidelines in the Conduct of Public Consultations"), and with due consideration to the call of the President for all RTWPBs to convene and review the prevailing wages, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board, MIMAROPA, hereinafter referred to as the Board, initiated, motu proprio, a review of the existing Wage Order and an inquiry to determine whether a new wage order should be issued;WHEREAS, the Board conducted public consultations in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan on July 3, 2018; Gasan, Marinduque on August 9, 2018; Odiongan, Romblon on...