EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 1023 May 1, 1985
ON LAND USE SCHEME FOR SUGARCANE WORKERS
WHEREAS, Wage Order Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 were issued to enable workers to cope with inflation generated by the series of peso depreciations in 1983 and 1984;
WHEREAS, majority of sugarcane planters and millers can afford to pay only the wage/allowance increases under Wage Order Nos. 2 and 4;
WHEREAS, the Employment Conference on the Sugar Industry held last February 22, 1985 in Bacolod City considered a land utilization scheme to provide immediate relief to sugar workers;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority granted me by Presidential Decree no. 1790, do hereby order and direct the following:
1. Planters/millers are hereby encouraged to allow free use of a certain portion of their farm land which has been or may be withdrawn from sugarcane production and not devoted to other crops under the diversification program of the government to their...
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On Land Use Scheme for Sugarcane Workers
Executive Order No. 1023
Summary of Executive Order No. 1023
Land Use Scheme for Sugarcane Workers
- Planters/millers are encouraged to allow free use of a portion of their farm land withdrawn from sugarcane production to their workers for food and cash crops production. (Section 1)
- The National Wages Council (NWC) shall consider such land utilization agreement as a basis for granting exemption to planters/millers from pertinent Wage Orders. (Section 2)
- The exemption shall be subject to conditions prescribed by the NWC, including duration and potential cash payment of mandated wage/cost-of-living allowance increases, depending on the industry's capability to pay. (Section 2)
- The NWC shall promulgate other rules and guidelines to implement this Order. (Section 3)
- Ministry Order No. 7, Series of 1984, allowing payment of sugar wage rates in sugarcane farms converted to other crops, shall remain in full force and effect. (Section 4)
- This Executive Order shall take effect immediately. (Section 5)
Land Use Scheme for Sugarcane Workers
- Planters/millers are encouraged to allow free use of a portion of their farm land withdrawn from sugarcane production to their workers for food and cash crops production. (Section 1)
- The National Wages Council (NWC) shall consider such land utilization agreement as a basis for granting exemption to planters/millers from pertinent Wage Orders. (Section 2)
- The exemption shall be subject to conditions prescribed by the NWC, including duration and potential cash payment of mandated wage/cost-of-living allowance increases, depending on the industry's capability to pay. (Section 2)
- The NWC shall promulgate other rules and guidelines to implement this Order. (Section 3)
- Ministry Order No. 7, Series of 1984, allowing payment of sugar wage rates in sugarcane farms converted to other crops, shall remain in full force and effect. (Section 4)
- This Executive Order shall take effect immediately. (Section 5)