Providing for a New Monthly Minimum Wage for Domestic Workers/Kasambahay in the National Capital Region

November 28, 2019WAGE ORDER NO. NCR-DW-02PROVIDING FOR A NEW MONTHLY MINIMUM WAGE FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS/KASAMBAHAY IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGIONWHEREAS, Republic Act No. 10361, otherwise known as an Act Instituting Policies for the Protection and Welfare of Domestic Workers otherwise known as Domestic Workers Act or Batas Kasambahay, mandates the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards to review, determine and if proper, to issue a wage order adjusting the minimum wage rates of domestic workers in their respective regions within one (1) year from its effectivity and every year thereafter; HTcADCWHEREAS, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-National Capital Region (RTWPB-NCR) agreed to resolve Motu Proprio the initiation and conduct of wage review, studies on the socio-economic conditions in the region including those data affecting the interests of both employers and domestic workers and the conduct of public consultations/hearings for possible adjustments on the current minimum wage of domestic workers in NCR;WHEREAS, after due publication, posting and notice to concerned organizations, stakeholders and interest groups, the RTWPB-NCR conducted a series of Public Consultations in the...