P50 wage increase sa Eastern Visayas, aprub ng wage board — DOLE

ni Lolet Abania | June 11, 2022

Inanunsiyo ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ngayong Sabado na asahan na ang dagdag sa kada araw na bayad para sa mga minimum-wage earners sa Eastern Visayas.

Ayon sa DOLE, nag-isyu na ang Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) VIII ng Wage Order No. RBVIII-22.

Batay sa desisyon, may P50 wage increase na ibibigay ng 2 tranches sa mga manggagawa, kung saan P25 kapag naging epektibo na ang wage order at isa pang P25 sa Enero 2, 2023.

“After full implementation of wage tranches, workers in the non-agriculture sector and in retail and service establishments employing 11 or more workers will receive a daily wage of P375,” pahayag ng DOLE.

“Meanwhile, workers in the agriculture sector, cottage and handicraft, and retail and service establishments employing 10 workers or less will receive a daily wage of P345,” dagdag ng ahensiya.

Gayundin, ang regional VIII’s wage board ay nag-isyu ng isa pang order upang i-grant naman ang P500 wage increase sa mga domestic workers, kung saan ang bagong minimum monthly wage rate sa mga kasambahay sa Eastern Visayas ay P5,000 para sa chartered cities at first-class municipalities habang P4,500 para sa iba pang munisipalidad.

“Around 82,712 workers in private establishments and 57,081 kasambahays are expected to benefit from the minimum wage increases. The previous Wage Orders for workers in private establishments and for kasambahays took effect on August 18, 2019 and January 1, 2020, respectively,” saad ng DOLE.

Ayon pa sa ahensiya, ang latest wage orders ay na-review at pinagtibay na ng National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC). “They will take effect after 15 days from their publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the region,” sabi ng DOLE.

P31 dagdag sa minimum wage sa Central Visayas, aprub ng wage board — DOLE

ni Lolet Abania | May 25, 2022

Asahan na rin ng mga minimum wage earners sa Central Visayas ng pagtaas ng kanilang arawang sahod matapos na aprubahan ng Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board VII (RTWPB VII) ang wage increase sa rehiyon, ayon sa Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ngayong Miyerkules.

Sa isang statement, sinabi ng DOLE na aprubado na ng RTWPB VII ang anila, “increase of P31 per day across all geographical areas in Region VII and in both non-agriculture and agri workers, raising the minimum wage between P387 to P435 and P382 to P425, respectively.”

“Also, the RTWPB VII granted a P500 increase in monthly pay for kasambahay, raising to P5,500 and P4,500 the minimum pay for those in chartered cities and first class municipalities, and other municipalities, respectively,” dagdag ng DOLE.

Ang desisyon ay subject pa rin para i-review ng National Wages and Productivity Commission.

P55 wage hike sa Bicol Region, oks na sa wage board — DOLE

ni Lolet Abania | May 23, 2022

Aprubado na ng Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board V (RTWPBs) ang petisyon ng labor groups na karagdagang P55 sa daily wage ng mga manggagawa sa Bicol Region, ayon sa Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

Sa isang statement ngayong Lunes, sinabi ng DOLE na ang dagdag sa sahod ng mga workers ay ipatutupad ng dalawang tranches – P35 kapag epektibo na ang wage order at isa pang P20 sa Disyembre 1, 2022.

Nasa P365 na ang minimum wage rate para sa lahat ng sektor sa Bicol Region. “Also, the Board issued Wage Order No. RBV-DW-02 granting a monthly increase of P1,000 for chartered cities and first-class municipalities and P1,500 for other municipalities, bringing the new monthly wage rate for domestic workers in the region to P4,000,” pahayag ng DOLE.

“The new Wage Order is expected to protect around 94,042 domestic workers. The previous Wage Order for domestic workers took effect on June 2, 2017,” dagdag ng ahensiya.

Ayon sa DOLE, ang naturang wage order ay magiging epektibo 15 araw matapos na mailathala sa diyaryo. Kaugnay nito, ang huling wage order sa rehiyon ay pinairal noon pang Setyembre 21, 2018.