CEBU - The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Central Visayas granted an increase of P33 in the salary of minimum wage earners in the private sector, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said.
The wage order is
expected to directly benefit 346,946 minimum wage earners in the region. About
399,572 full-time wage and salary workers earning above the minimum wage may
also indirectly benefit as a result of upward adjustments at the enterprise
level arising from the correction of wage distortion.
DOLE said the salary
adjustment was granted under Wage Order No. ROVII-24 dated September 5. This
brings the daily minimum wages in Class A areas from P435 to P468; Class B
areas from P397 to P430 and Class C areas from P387 to P420 for non-agriculture
establishments. In addition, the wage hike also brought the minimum wage for
agriculture and non-agriculture establishments with less than 10 workers to a
range of P415 to P458.
Class A covers the
cities of Carcar, Cebu, Danao, Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue, Naga; and the municipalities
of Compostela, Consolacion, Cordova, Lilo-an, Minglanilla, and San Fernando.
Class B area covers
the cities of Bais, Bayawan, Bogo, Canlaon, Dumaguete, Guihulngan, Tagbilaran,
Talisay, Tanjay, and Toledo. And Class C covers all of the remaining
municipalities in Central Visayas not listed in the previous classes.
DOLE said the wage
order was submitted to the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC)
and shall take effect on October 1. (Ferdinand Patinio)
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