MANILA – The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPB) representing the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and Eastern Visayas have approved upward adjustments in the pay of minimum wage earners in the two regions.
Based on Wage Order No. ARMM-17, effective June 15, RTWPB-ARMM has approved a P15 wage adjustment in the daily income of non-agriculture and agriculture workers.
For non-agriculture workers, or those in the industrial, manufacturing, construction, commercial, and mining sectors, as well as the academe, their daily take home pay will now be P280 from only P265.
As for agriculture (plantation and non-plantation) workers, they will be receiving P270 from only P255 per day as a result of the latest wage order.
The wage increase will be effective in the provinces of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Basilan, the cities of Lamitan in Basilian, and Marawi in Lanao del Sur.
Meanwhile, the wage hike to be implemented in Eastern Visayas will range from P20 to P30 a day. This, after the RTWPB there released Wage Order No. RB VIII-20, which will take effect on June 25.
The salary increase covers non-agriculture, cottage/handicraft, retail/service and agriculture employees in the provinces of Leyte, Southern Leyte, Biliran, Samar, Eastern Samar, Northern Samar, and the cities of Tacloban, Ormoc, Maasin, Catbalogan, Borongan, Baybay, and Calbayog.
According to RTWPB-8 (Eastern VIsayas), minimum wage earners in the non-agriculture sector will get an additional P20 in their salaries, thus increasing their daily income to P305 from P285.
For employees in sugar mills and retail/service employing 11 up to 30 workers, an additional P30 will be given to them. As such, their daily salaries will increase to P305 from P275.
As for those employed in cottage/handicraft, a total of P22 will be added to their present daily earning of P253. They will receive a total of P275 per day in the next pay day after the effectivity of the wage order.
An additional P30 will be given to retail/service employing 10 workers and less. Their daily pay will therefore increase to P275 from only P245 today.
In the agriculture sector, non-sugar workers’ daily pay will increase to P275 from P251 with an increase of P24, while sugar farm employees will receive an additional P30, making their daily wage increase to P275 from P245.
Earlier, RTWPB-6 (Western Visayas) has approved an additional P41.50 in the salary of minimum wage earners in non-agricultural jobs in Western Visayas, now amounting to P365.
In establishments with less than 10 employees, RTWPB-6 added P23.50 to the daily pay, to increase their minimum wage rate to P295.
For those in agricultural jobs, they will receive an additional P13.50 to their daily pay, bringing their wage rate to P295. (PNA)
