Section 1June 17, 2008, Sec./Art. 1

Section 22 of Republic Act No. 8424, as amended, otherwise known as the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, is hereby further amended by adding the following definition after Subsection (FF) to read as follows:

"SEC. 22. Definitions. - when used in this Title:

"(A) x x x.

"x x x

"(FF) x x x.

"(GG) the term 'statutory minimum wage' earner shall refer to rate fixed by the Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board, as defined by the Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)

"(HH) the term 'minimum wage earner' shall refer to a worker in the private sector paid the statutory minimum wage, or to an employee in the public sector with compensation income of not more than the statutory minimum wage in the non-agricultural sector where he/she is assigned."