MINIMUM wage earners in CALABARZON and Davao Region are the latest to benefit from the series of pay hikes after the regional wage boards granted an increase in their respective minimum wages.
The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in CALABARZON unanimously approved Wage Order RBIVA-19, setting the new minimum wage in the non-agriculture sector to P470 in the extended metropolitan area and the cities of Antipolo and Dasmariñas; P429 in component cities and (first class) municipalities; and P390 in the emerging growth area (second and third class municipalities) and resource-based area (fourth, fifth, and sixth class municipalities).
The new minimum wage rates in the agriculture sector, meanwhile, are P429 in the extended metropolitan area, in the cities of Antipolo and Dasmariñas, and component cities and (first class) municipalities; P390 in the emerging growth area (second and third class municipalities); and P350 in the resource-based area (fourth, fifth, and sixth class municipalities).
Also, the new minimum wage in retail and service establishments employing not more than 10 workers is set at P350 or an increase of P47 from the previous P303.
In Davao Region, meanwhile, the RTWPB issued Wage Order No. RBXI-21 which grants a wage increase of P47 for workers in agriculture, non-agriculture (industrial/commercial and retail/service establishments employing more than 10 workers), and retail/service establishments employing not more than 10 workers.
The Board also issued RBXI-DW-02 setting the new monthly wage rate for domestic workers to P4,500 or a monthly wage increase of P1,500 and P2,500 for chartered cities and first-class municipalities and other municipalities, respectively.
