Practice question
Under Article 123, what publication-related rule ordinarily governs a wage order's effectivity?
- Immediate effect upon the first private draft
- Effect only when every employer agrees
- Effect after 15 days from complete publication in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the region
- Effect only after the first worker is dismissed
- Automatic effect only at the next national election
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 minimum wage determination guidance 2026; NWPC Guidelines 03 s. 2020 and Resolution 05 s. 2024: https://nwpc.dole.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/MWD-process_compressed.pdf
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