REPUBLIC ACT NO.
8188 AN ACT INCREASING
THE
PENALTY AND INCREASING DOUBLE INDEMNITY FOR VIOLATION OF THE PRESCRIBED
INCREASES OR ADJUSTMENT IN
THE
WAGE RATES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION TWELVE OF REPUBLIC ACT
NUMBERED
SIXTY-SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN, OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS THE WAGE RATIONALIZATION ACT
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the Philippines in
Congress
assembled:
SECTION 1. Section 12 of Republic Act Numbered Sixty-seven hundred
twenty-seven
is hereby amended to read to as follows:
"Section 12. Any person, corporation, trust, firm, partnership,
association
or entity which refuses or fails to pay any of the prescribed increases
or adjustments in the wage rates made in accordance with this Act shall be punished by a fine not less than Twenty-five thousand pesos (P25,000) nor more than
One hundred thousand
pesos (P100,000)
or imprisonment of not less
than two (2) years nor more than four (4) years, or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court: Provided, That any person convicted under this Act shall not be entitled to
the benefits provided
for under
the Probation Law.
"The employer concerned shall be ordered to pay an
amount equivalent to
double
the unpaid benefits owing to the employees: Provided, That payment of
indemnity
shall not absolve
the employer from the criminal liability imposable
under this Act.
"If the violation is committed by a corporation, trust or firm, partnership, association or any other entity the penalty
of imprisonment shall
be imposed
upon the entity's responsible officers, including, but not limited to,
the president, vice-president, chief executive officer, general
manager,
managing director
or partner."
SECTION
2. All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders,
rules and regulations or
parts
thereof inconsistent with the provisions
of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved:
(SGD.) NEPTALI A. GONZALES
President of the Senate
(SGD.) JOSE DE VENECIA, JR.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
This Act, which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 407
and House Bill No. 5808
was
finally passed by the Senate and the
House of Representatives on June 7, 1996.
(SGD.) HEZEL P. GACUTAN
Secretary of the Senate
(SGD.) CAMILO L. SABIO
Secretary General
House of Representatives
Approved: June 11, 1996
(SGD.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines |
