Book III — Conditions of Employment
Article 127Non-diminution of benefits.
ELI5— what this means for you
No Regional Wage Order can set wage rates below the statutory minimum wage set by Congress. The RTWPB can go higher, but never lower than the national floor.
Key point
Official text — PD 442
Non-diminution of benefits.
No wage order issued by any regional board shall provide for wage rates lower than the statutory minimum wage rates prescribed by Congress. (As amended by Republic Act No. 6727, June 9, 1989)
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Source: lawphil.net (PD 442 as amended)
Current rates
See the current minimum wage this article governs, broken down by region and Wage Order, in Minimum Wage Philippines 2026: Rates by Region →
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