Minimum wage earners and domestic workers in Region V will receive higher pay starting April 5 following the approval of a wage increase by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB), the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced. In a statement, DOLE said the National...
Starting March 7, the daily take-home pay of minimum wage earners in Region XI will increase following the approval of a new wage order by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB), the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. In a statement, DOLE said the National Wages...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. should certify the proposed wage increase bill as urgent, as millions of Filipino workers cannot afford further delays amid rising prices of basic goods and services, Senator Risa Hontiveros. “Nothing is more urgent than raising our workers’...
BUTUAN CITY – The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-Caraga has approved Wage Order No. RXIII-19 mandating a P50 increase to bring the daily minimum wage for private sector workers in the region. CARAGA region highligted. The RTWPB-13 also approved Wage Order No. RXIII-DW-05...
The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board has announced a P30 increase in the daily minimum wage in Eastern Visayas that will be paid in two tranches. The wage increase was based on Wage Order No. RB VIll-24 approved on Nov. 5. The RTWRB said the wage order was implemented after a...
Filipino nurses deserve better economic opportunities and fair treatment, the Commisssion on Human Rights (CHR) declared as it supported fully Sen. Raffy T. Tulfo's Senate Bill (SB) No. 2694 that would increase their pay. SB 2694 seeks to amend Republic Act No. 9173, the Philippine Nursing Act of...
Senators on Tuesday, July 2 criticized the decision of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) to approve a mere ₱35 daily minimum wage increase for workers in the National Capital Region (NCR). Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero called the move “grossly...
Starting July 16, the daily minimum wage for worker in Metro Manila will be P645 after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board in the National Capital Region approved a P35 wage increase, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced on Monday, July 1. In a statement,...
The regional wage board of Metro Manila will hold consultations to discuss proposals to increase the daily take-home pay of minimum wage earners, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. In a statement, DOLE said the public sector consultation is on May 23 while the employers will...
Starting May 11, the monthly wage rate of household workers in Region VII will increase following the approval of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPB), the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. The increase was based on the Wage Order No. ROVII-DW-04 of the...
Household workers in Region III are set to receive an increase to their monthly wage rate starting Monday, April 1, after the Central Luzon's wage board approved an increase in the daily minimum wage, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has announced. In a statement, DOLE said the wge...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III told the public to shun the narrative that the proposed P100-minimum wage hike would be catastrophic for the country as this could further aggravate inflation. In a radio interview on DWIZ, Pimentel said that the country has to think out of the...
