MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said workers in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) could expect an additional income on their next pay day after the regional wage board approved an P8 wage hike in the said region.
Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said in a statement yesterday the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB)-CAR approved Wage Order 15 after it recently concluded its motu propio tripartite consultations.
“I welcome the decision of the RTWPB-CAR. Its latest wage order is pursuant to our wage policy reform called the two-tier wage system and was also meant to restore the purchasing power of our minimum wage earners in the region,” Baldoz said.
Under the two-tier wage system, workers will receive a mandatory floor minimum wage and a voluntary incentive pay from their employers.
The new wage order contains a P8 minimum wage hike and retains the P22 to P33 cost of living allowance (COLA) which the RTWPB-CAR approved last year.
This brings the minimum wage for non-agricultural workers in Baguio City and the municipalities of La Trinidad, Tuba, Itogon and Sablan (BLIST) in the province of Benguet to P280 per day, while its agriculture workers will receive P262 per day.
Meanwhile, non-agriculture workers in Mt. Province, Abra, Ifugao, Kalinga, and Apayao provinces will receive P263, while agriculture workers will get P246.
The new wage order will take effect 15 days after it has been published in a newspaper of general circulation.
CAR is the seventh region to implement a new wage hike this year next to the National Capital Region (NCR), Regions 2,4-A, 5,6, and 12.
RTWPB-Region 1 is expected to follow suite in the coming weeks after in finishes its sectoral consultations in line with the P44 wage petition filed by the Labor Union of Zaragoza Salt Industry last month. –SAMUEL P. MEDENILLA, Manila Bulletin
March –
IT’S WOMEN’S MONTH!
“Respect and support women
every day of the year/s!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands
#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos
Monthly Observances:
Women’s Role in History Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Environmental Week;
Women’s Week
Week 3: Philippine Industry and “
Made-in-the-Philippines Products Week
Last Week: Protection and Gender-Fair Treatment
of the Girl Child Week
Daily Observances:
March 8: Women’s Rights and
International Peace Day;
National Women’s Day
March 4: Employee Appreciation Day
March 15: World Consumer Rights Day
March 18: Global Recycling Day
March 21: International Day for the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination
March 23: International Day for the Right to the Truth
Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations
and for the Dignity of Victims
March 25: International Day of Remembrance of the
Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 27: Earth Hour
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.
