Increasing the Statutory Daily Minimum Wage at All Levels

December 14, 1980

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1751

INCREASING THE STATUTORY DAILY MINIMUM WAGE AT ALL LEVELS BY P4.00 AFTER INTEGRATING THE MANDATORY EMERGENCY LIVING ALLOWANCES UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DECREES 525 AND 1123 INTO THE BASIC PAY OF ALL COVERED WORKERS

WHEREAS, organized labor has petitioned for the improvement of the benefits granted to the workers under Presidential Decree 1713;

WHEREAS, further studies indicate the possibility of granting additional benefits to the workers without unduly impairing the viability of business and industry in the face of the present world economic crisis. aisa dc

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS , President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, hereby decree:

SECTION 1. The mandatory emergency living allowances under Presidential Decrees 525 and 1123 shall be integrated into the basic pay of all covered workers effective January 1, 1981.

SECTION 2. After integration, the statutory minimum wages shall be increased by P4.00 a day effective January 1, 1981 in establishments paying their workers P50 a month under Presidential Decree 525 and effective January 1, 1982 in establishments paying less. cdt

SECTION 3. Presidential Decrees 525 and 1123 and their implementing rules are repealed.

SECTION 4. The Minister of Labor and Employment shall promulgate the rules implementing this Decree.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 14th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty.

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 77 No. 4, 449-16 Supp., on January 26, 1981.