Advisory from the Government
NWPC Approves Minimum Wage Increase in Western Visayas
Iloilo City- The National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) approved on 28 October 2024 Wage Order No. RBVI-28 granting a Php33-40 wage increase for private sector workers and Wage Order No. RB VI-DW-05 for a P1,000 wage increase for the Kasambahays. The wage increase is implemented fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the region.
The Wage Orders came after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board VI (RTWPB VI) headed by Regional Director Atty. Sixto T. Rodriguez, Jr. and comprised of representatives from the government, management, and labor sectors, conducted a series of consultations and public hearings in Panay Island and Negros Occidental as part of the minimum wage determination process.
The increases considered the various wage determination criteria provided under Republic Act No. 6727 or the Wage Rationalization Act.
The wage adjustments bring the daily minimum wage rates in the region to a range of P485 – P513 in the non-agriculture sector and P480 in the agriculture sector. The Kasambahays will receive a Php6,000 monthly wages upon its implementation.
Wage Order No. RBVI-28:
|
Sector/Industry |
Minimum Wage under Wage Order No. RBVI-27 |
Amount of Increase |
New Minimum Wage Rates (Upon effectivity) |
| 1. Non-Agriculture/Industrial/ |
|||
| A. Employing more than ten
(10) workers |
Php 480.00 | Php 33.00 | Php 513.00 |
| B. Employing ten (10)
workers or less |
Php 450.00 | Php 35.00 | Php 485.00 |
| 2. Agriculture | Php 440.00 | Php 40.00 | Php 480.00 |
Wage Order No. RB VI-DW-05:
|
Monthly Minimum Wage under Wage Order No. RB VI-DW-05 |
Amount of Increase |
New Minimum Wage Rate |
| Php 5,000.00 | Php1,000 | Php6,000 |
About 193,032 minimum wage earners will directly benefit from the wage increase and about 300,252 full-time wage and salary workers earning above the minimum wage may also indirectly benefit as a result of upward adjustments at the enterprise level arising from the correction of wage distortion.
A total of 160, 795 domestic workers are also expected to benefit from the wage increase for Kasambahays.
