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Book III — Conditions of Employment

Article 127Non-diminution of benefits.

PD 442 · Labor Code of the PhilippinesELI5 guide available

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)

Chapter VI

ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

Source: lawphil.net (PD 442 as amended)

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