The labor department issued a new department order regarding rules and regulations on deduction of wages.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) issued Department Order (DO) 195 or “Rules Amending Section 10 of Rule VIII of the Implementing Rules and regulations of the Labor Code on Wage Reduction” which was signed by Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello on July 27.
Section 10(b) will now be amended as follows: “When the deductions are with written authorization of the employees for payment to the employer or a third person and the employer agrees to do so, provided that the latter does not receive any pecuniary benefit directly or indirectly, from the transaction.”
Prior to the amendments, the employer was not included in the written authorization of the employees for payment. — Gillian M. Cortez

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