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 Presidential Decrees 525 and 1123 and their implementing rules are repealed.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