Minimum wage earners in the private sector in Negros Oriental have been granted a P33 wage increase by the Regional Tripartite Wages & Productivity Board, along with other workers in Central Visayas, the Department of Labor and Employment announced on Wednesday.
In a statement, the DOLE said the salary adjustment was granted under Wage Order No. ROVII-24 dated Sept. 5.
This brings the daily minimum wages in Class A areas from P435 to P468; Class B areas from P397 to P430; and Class C areas from P387 to P420 for non-agriculture establishments.
In addition, the wage hike also brought the minimum wage for agriculture and non-agriculture establishments with less than 10 workers to a range of P415 to P458.
Class A covers the cities of Carcar, Cebu, Danao, Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue, Naga; and the municipalities of Compostela, Consolacion, Cordova, Lilo-an, Minglanilla, and San Fernando.
Class B area covers the cities of Bais, Bayawan, Bogo, Canlaon, Dumaguete, Guihulngan, Tagbilaran, Talisay, Tanjay, and Toledo.
Class C covers all of the remaining municipalities in Central Visayas not listed in the previous classes.
The Labor Department said the wage order was submitted to the National Wages & Productivity Commission, and was affirmed on Sept. 12. It will be published on Sept. 15, and shall take effect after 15 days or on Oct. 1.
The wage order is expected to directly benefit 346,946 minimum wage earners in Central Visayas.
About 399,572 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. (PNA)
