The National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) has just approved the P40 to P45 daily minimum wage increase for private-sector workers in Western Visayas and Negros Occidental set by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board 6, RTWPB-6 chairman Sixto Rodriguez Jr. said Tuesday, November 3.
Under the new wage order agricultural workers will receive a P45 daily increase, raising their minimum wage from P520 to P565.
Non-agricultural workers employed by establishments with more than 10 employees will receive a P40 daily increase, from P550 to P590.
Those working in non-agricultural establishments with 10 or fewer employees will also get a P40 daily increase, raising their minimum wage from P525 to P565.
Rodriguez said the monthly minimum wage for domestic workers, or kasambahays, will increase by P500, from P6,500 to P7,000.
The new wage order will take effect after 15 days of publication in a newspaper of general circulation, Rodriguez said.
He said they are just waiting for the official copy of the NWPC approval.
The wage hike is expected to take effect in late November.*
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