WHEREAS,
the OPEC oil price increase and the disruption of oil production in
Iron have made increases in the prices of various commodities
inevitable, including items covered by the government socialized
pricing program;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the fixed-income groups in our society, especially the great
mass of wage earners, are incapable of adjusting themselves to the new
realities and, unless helped initially, they may suffer serious
difficulties;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it has been the policy of the state in times of crisis like
this to initiate the process of adjustment and insure the peaceful and
orderly establishment of a new equilibrium in prices, incomes and wages;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, representatives of Labor, management and government, in a
National Tripartite Conference at the Development Academy of the
Philippines, Tagaytay City, on March 7 and 8, 1979 have reached, after
intensive and exhaustive consultations, a consensus on viable levels of
wages and compensation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President and Prime Minister,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, of the
Republic of the Philippines, do hereby decree the following: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. All workers covered by PD 1389, whether
agricultural or non-agricultural, shall receive effective April 1, 1979
an increase of P2.00 in minimum wages representing acceleration of the
remaining increases under PD 1389. Consequently, all non-agricultural
workers in Metro Manila shall receive a minimum wage of P13.00; all
non-agricultural workers outside Metro Manila shall receive a minimum
wage of P12.00; all plantation agricultural workers shall receive a
minimum wage of P10.00; and all non-plantation agricultural workers
shall receive a minimum wage of P9.00. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. All non-agricultural workers receiving not
more than P1,000.00 shall receive, effective 1 April 1979, emergency
cost-of-living allowance of P60.00 a month, all plantation agricultural
workers receiving not more than P1,000.00 shall receive, effective 1
April 1979, cost-of-living allowance in the amount of P40.00, and all
non-plantation agricultural workers receiving not more than P1,000.00 a
month shall receive, effective 1 April 1979, a monthly cost-of-living
allowance in the amount of P20.00.
Section 3. In promulgating the implementing rules of
this Decree, particularly the application, coverage and effectivity
thereof, the Minister of Labor shall take into consideration the
viability of distressed, labor-intensive, and export-oriented
industries, as well as the well-being of the workers therein.
SIGNED in the City of Manila,
this 14th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Seventy-Nine.
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