INCREASING THE STATUTARY DAILY MINIMUM WAGE AT ALL LEVELS BY P4.00 AFTER INTEGRATING THE MANDATORY EMERGENCY LIVING ALLOWANCES UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DECREES 525 AND 1123 INTO THE B…

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

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

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines , by vietue of theb 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.

SEC. 2. After integration, theb 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, 1981 in establishments paying less.

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implementing rules are repealed.

SEC. 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.

			(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines
	By the President:
	(Sgd.) JOAQUIN T. VENUS, JR.
		Presidential Assistant