Central Visayas workers get pay hike
MANILA, Philippines — Minimum wage earners and household workers or kasambahay in Central Visayas will receive a higher take-home pay after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) approved a new wage order for workers in the region.
The National Wages and Productivity Commission yesterday said that starting Oct. 4, workers in Central Visayas would receive an increase ranging from P37 to P47 in their daily pay.
The new wage order increased to P540 the daily wage rate for workers in the “Class A” cities of Carcar, Cebu, Danao, Lapu-lapu, Mandaue, Nague and Talisay as well as in the municipalities of Compostela, Consolacion, Cordova, Liloan, Minglanilla and San Fernando or the Expanded Metro Cebu.
The RTWPB increased to P500 the daily minimum wage in cities and municipalities not classified under “Class A.”
Household workers will receive a minimum monthly salary of P7,000.
The new wage order was approved following a series of public hearings conducted by the RTWPB.
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