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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1364
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1364
- ABOLISHING EXEMPTIONS UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DECREES NOS. 525, 1123, 851
AND 928
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WHEREAS, PD
525, 1123, 851 and 928 were intended to protect the workers and their
wages against the ravages of inflation;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the opportunity for exemption provided in those decrees was
designed to give employers, especially those who were distressed at the
time of their enactment, adequate time to make the necessary adjustment
and to build the new costs into their regular budgets;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, several employers continue seeking exemptions under those
decrees even after the lapse of sufficient time to make the necessary
adjustments, thus depriving their employees of the benefits intended
for them by law.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested upon me by Proclamation
1081 and by the Constitution, do hereby order the following:cralaw:red
1. Effective, May 1, 1978, the Department of Labor
shall stop accepting applications for exemption under Presidential
Decrees 525, 1123, 851 and 928;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
2. All applications for exemption already filed with
the Department of Labor as of 1 May 1978 shall be processed as usual,
taking into consideration the purposes of this Decree;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
3. All exemptions already granted as of 1 May 1978
and those which may be granted under Paragraph 2 above shall not be
eligible for renewal upon their expiration;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
4. This Decree does not apply to employers who are
expressly exempted by law.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 1st day of May, 1978.
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