By Minerva BC Newman
CEBU CTY—The Regional Tripartite Wages Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Central Visayas has approved and updated the daily minimum wage in the agriculture, non-agriculture sector and firms employing less than 10 employees.
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The new wage is based on the classification of cities and municipalities in Cebu, Bohol, Negros Oriental and the Islands of Siquijor, Bantayan and Camotes under Wage Order # ROVII-22 that was approved on November 29, 2019 and will take effect 15 days after publication.
According to the RTWPB-7, the wage increase will most likely be implemented this year because employers need to update and reconcile their financial records and annual budgets.
The daily minimum wage increase is the result of the periodic and continuous review of the socio-economic conditions in the region after a series of wage consultations and public hearings in the four provinces and various cities based on the petitions and resolutions on wage hikes submitted by stakeholders including employees’ union and workers’ organizations in the region.
The new daily minimum wage in Central Visayas are categorized as Class A, Class B and Class C cities and municipalities under Non-Agriculture, Agriculture and Establishments employing less than 10 workers.
A daily minimum wage of P404 from the previous P386 will be implemented for workers in the non-agriculture sector in Class A cities and municipalities that includes Carcar, Cebu, Danao, Lapulapu, Mandaue, Naga and Talisay; the towns of Compostela, Consolacion, Cordova, Liloan, Minglanilla, San Fernando or expanded Metro Cebu.
A daily minimum wage of P394 will be implemented for the agriculture sector from the previous P368 and P394 for establishments employing less than 10 workers from the previous P376.
For Cebu Cities alone (Bogo and Toledo) daily minimum wage is increased to P361 from P328 for the agriculture sector, P366 from P348 for the non-agriculture sector and P361 from P343 for firms employing less than 10 workers.
For Class B cities in Bohol and Negros Oriental that include Tagbilaran, Bais, Bayawan, Canlaon, Dumaguete, Guihulngan and Tanjay, a daily minimum wage of P361 for the agriculture sector will now be implemented from P361, P366 for non-agriculture sector P361 for firms employing less than 10 workers from P333/day.
Cebu workers in the agriculture sector will now be paid a minimum daily wage of P351 from P328; P356 for non-agriculture sector from P348 and P351 for firms with less than 10 employees from P343.
Bohol and Negros Oriental Class C municipalities will receive a daily minimum wage of P356 for the agriculture sector, P356 for workers in the non-agriculture from P338 and P351 for those establishments with less than 10 employees from P333.
Workers in the agriculture sector in Siquijor Province, Bantayan and Camotes Islands will now receive a daily wage of P351 from P313, P356 for the non-agriculture sector from P323, and P351 for workers in firms that employ less than 10 workers.