Providing for New Minimum Wage Rate to Private Sector Workers in the Bicol Region

August 14, 2018WAGE ORDER NO. RBV-19PROVIDING FOR NEW MINIMUM WAGE RATE TO PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS IN THE BICOL REGIONWHEREAS, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPBs) are mandated, under Republic Act 6727 or The Wage Rationalization Act, to determine and fix the minimum wage rates of private sector workers in the regions; WHEREAS, the Board, in aid of its motu proprio review of the existing minimum wage, conducted a series of public wage consultations in the Provinces of Camarines Norte on 29 May 2018, Catanduanes on 31 May 2018, Masbate on 5 June 2018, Sorsogon on 7 June 2018 and Camarines Sur on 29 June 2018;WHEREAS, the Public Hearing on Minimum Wage Adjustment was conducted on 20 July 2018 in the Province of Albay after its publication on 5 July 2018 at Bicol Mail newspaper;WHEREAS, consistent with the policy of the government to achieve higher level of productivity, generate employment and augment the income of workers through incentives, with the implementation of the Two-Tiered Wage System (NWPC Guidelines No. 02-2012), the Board have been...