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Norkis Free and Independent Workers Union vs Norkis Trading Company, Inc

NORKIS FREE AND INDEPENDENT WORKERS UNION, Petitioner, versus NORKIS TRADING COMPANY, INC. , Respondent.

G.R. No. 157098 | 2005-06-30

D E C I S I O N 


PANGANIBAN, J.: 

Wage Order No. ROVII-06, issued by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB), merely fixed a new minimum wage rate for private sector employees in Region VII; hence, respondent cannot be compelled to grant an across-the-board increase to its employees who, at the time of the promulgation of the Wage Order, were already being paid more than the existing minimum wage. 

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeking to set aside the July 30, 2002 Decision[2] and the January 16, 2003 Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in...