TACLOBAN CITY, Feb. 10 (PNA) – The Regional
Tripartite and Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) asked business owners to
comply with the new wage order, raising the pay of minimum wage earners
starting Feb. 13, this year.
The wage hike came after the RTWPB in Region 8
issued Wage Order No. 19 on Dec. 19, 2016, and was affirmed by the National
Wages and Productivity Commission on Jan. 20, 2017. The directive granted an
increase in the basic wage of private sector workers in Eastern Visayas region,
upon its effectivity.
Private sector workers in Eastern Visayas will
finally receive a wage hike by Feb. 13 this year or 15 days after its
publication in a local newspaper on Jan. 29.
The wage increase ranges between PHP10 to PHP25,
depending on sectoral or industrial classifications. The increase in the basic
daily wage shall be PHP25 for non-agriculture workers, PHP23 for sugar mills,
PHP15 for cottage/handicraft industry.
Likewise, there is a PHP10 adjustment for retail or
service establishments employing 10 workers and below, PHP15 for retail or
service shops employing 11 up to 30 workers, PHP10 for agriculture non-sugar
workers, and PHP10 for agriculture sugar farm workers.
“With the new wage order, our workers in the non-agricultural
sector should receive a basic pay of PHP278 and PHP7 COLA or a total of PHP285
per day upon effectivity of the new wage order,” said DOLE Regional Director
and RTWPB Chairman Elias A. Cayanong
All workers receiving the basic wage rates
prescribed in the new wage order shall continue to receive the PHP7 cost of
living allowance prescribed under Wage Order No. 17.
In the exercise of its wage-fixing function, the
RTWPB motu proprio conducted sectoral wage consultations in Ormoc City and
Catbalogan City, on Aug. 10 and 23, 2016, respectively.
The board likewise carefully considered the inputs,
positions and arguments presented by different sectors during the public
hearing on Oct. 12, 2016.
FPV/SARWELL Q. MENIANO
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