Minimum daily wage in Bicol up by P40
LEGAZPI CITY—The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board in Bicol has approved a P40 daily wage increase for minimum wage earners in the region.
The wage increase will be implemented in two tranches: a P20 increase effective on April 5 and another P20 on Dec. 3, bringing the new daily minimum wage from P395 to P435, said Imelda Gratino, Labor and Employment Bicol director, on Tuesday.
Domestic workers in the Bicol and Zamboanga Peninsula regions were also granted a P1,000 and up to P900 wage increase, respectively, bringing their monthly pay to P6,000 in Bicol and P5,000 in Zamboanga Peninsula, said the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC).
The increase will benefit about 100,414 minimum wage earners and 94,042 domestic workers in Bicol and nearly 19,000 domestics in Zamboanga Peninsula, the NWPC added. —WITH A REPORT FROM JETRUDE NASAYAO
