Providing New Minimum Wage Rates for Domestic Workers in Central Visayas

November 26, 2019WAGE ORDER NO. ROVII-D.W. 02PROVIDING NEW MINIMUM WAGE RATES FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS IN CENTRAL VISAYASWHEREAS, Republic Act 6727 otherwise known as the Wage Rationalization Act of 1989 mandated the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards to determine and fix the minimum wages in their respective regions; HTcADCWHEREAS, Section 24 of Republic Act No. 10361 (An Act Instituting Policies for the Protection and Welfare of Domestic Workers or Batas Kasambahay) sets the minimum wages of domestic workers and mandated the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards to review, and if proper, determine and adjust the minimum wage rates of domestic workers;WHEREAS, Wage Order No. ROVII-D.W.01 which took effect last April 13, 2017, provided the minimum wages of the domestic workers in Region VII at P3,000.00 in cities and first class municipalities and P2,500.00 for other municipalities;WHEREAS, the existing Kasambahay Wage Order (D.W.01) is more than two (2) years old at present;WHEREAS, in December 2018, the Board initiated the review of the existing kasambahay wages by conducting a survey among domestic workers and their employers...