Text of the provision
Art. 1419. When the law sets, or authorizes the setting of a minimum wage for laborers, and a contract is agreed upon by which a laborer accepts a lower wage, he shall be entitled to recover the deficiency.
Civil Code of the Philippines, Republic Act No. 386, approved June 18, 1949, effective August 30, 1950. Reproduced in full; verified verbatim against the LawPhil and ChanRobles official-text renderings.
What this article means
Where a minimum wage is set and a laborer accepts a lower wage, he is entitled to recover the deficiency — wage floors cannot be waived away.
Related provisions
- Article 1418 — Excess Hours of Labor.
- Article 1420 — Divisible Illegal Contracts.
Cases citing this article
- P.I. Manufacturing Incorporated vs. P.I. Manufacturing Supervisors and Foreman Association, et al, G.R. No. 167217, February 4, 2008 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Purificacion. F. Ram vs. National Labor Relations Commission, et al, G.R. No. 115759, June 21, 1996 — read the decision on LawPhil →
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