Prescribing the New Minimum Wage Rates of Private Sector Workers in the Cordillera Administrative Region

October 1, 2019WAGE ORDER NO. RB-CAR-20PRESCRIBING THE NEW MINIMUM WAGE RATES OF PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS IN THE CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONWHEREAS, R.A. No. 6727, otherwise known as the Wage Rationalization Act, empowers the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards to determine and fix minimum wage rates applicable in the regions and to issue the corresponding Wage Orders subject to the guidelines issued by the National Wages and Productivity Commission, particularly NWPC Guidelines No. 01 of 2007, as amended by NWPC Guidelines No. 02 of 2012; HTcADCWHEREAS, in consonance with the aforementioned guidelines for the implementation of RA 6727, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board — Cordillera Administrative Region (hereinafter referred to as the Board) adheres to policy requirements of the Two-Tiered Wage System (TTWS) in the exercise of its minimum wage fixing authority, consistent with the policy of the government to provide safety measures for lowly paid workers, attain a higher level of productivity in the work area, increase employment and augment the income of workers through incentives, without necessarily impairing the growth of business...