Practice question
A regional wage order is validly issued, completely published and already effective. A covered employer refuses the increase solely because its timely appeal is pending. It has filed no required undertaking or satisfactory sureties and identifies no other stay or exemption. Which is correct?
- The pending appeal always suspends every wage obligation.
- The employer may substitute its preferred rate until final resolution.
- Publication has no effect once any party objects.
- On these facts, the order remains operative; the mere appeal does not justify withholding the required increase.
- Workers must individually sign acceptance before the rate can apply.
Legal references
- Labor Code, DOLE consolidated 2022 edition, specified articles: https://natlex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/15242/PHL15242%202022.pdf — Articles 99,122–124.
- NWPC official procedure guidance, effectivity and appeals: https://nwpc.dole.gov.ph/faqs/
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