Amendment to Section 1 of Commonwealth Act No. 211
Commonwealth Act No. 317, enacted on June 9, 1938, amends the wage provisions for laborers in public works. It establishes a minimum daily wage of one peso for workers, with a higher rate of one peso and twenty-five centavos in Manila. The law stipulates an eight-hour workday and forty-eight-hour workweek, mandating overtime pay at the regular wage plus an additional twenty percent. However, it allows provinces and municipalities to pay lower wages based on their financial conditions, and it does not apply to certain road constructions as specified in earlier legislation. The act takes effect upon approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Commonwealth Act No. 317
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Commonwealth Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 9, 1938
COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 317
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND ELEVEN
SECTION 1. Section one of Commonwealth Act Numbered Two hundred and eleven is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 1. All laborers employed by any corporation, association, person or persons in any public work shall receive a minimum daily wage of one peso, except in the City of Manila where such minimum daily wage shall be one peso and twenty-five centavos: Provided, That the number of hours of labor shall in no case exceed eight daily or forty-eight weekly: And provided, further, That any overtime work rendered shall be paid at the same rate as the regular wage or salary and at least twenty per centum additional. In the case of provincial and municipal public works, the province or municipality may pay lower wages, if the financial conditions of the province or municipality so demand."
SECTION 2. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to roads constructed in accordance with Acts approved in the Third Regular Session of the First National Assembly.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved, June 9, 1938.
Cite This Law
Amendment to Section 1 of Commonwealth Act No. 211, Commonwealth Act No. 317, Jun 9, 1938 (Philippines)
Amendment to Section 1 of Commonwealth Act No. 211, Commonwealth Act No. 317 (Phil. 1938)
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