Tacloban. City–Workers in Eastern Visayas (Region 8) are in for a Christmas gift this year, after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-Reg. 8 (RTWPB-8) approved early this month increases in daily minimum wage across all sectors.
The Board 𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑢 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝r𝑖𝑜 (on its own initiative) issued 𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐨. 𝐑𝐁 𝐕𝐈𝐈𝐈-𝟐𝟒 on November 5, granting a P30 daily minimum wage increase for workers employed in different sectors or industries. This means that every worker’s daily minimum wage increases from P405 to P435.
In the same Wage Order, the Board also approved a P500 monthly increase for every kasambahay (domestic worker) across the region, setting this sector’s monthly minimum wage within the range of P5,500 to P6,000.
Finally, the Board announced that the new wage increases shall take effect on 𝑫𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 02, this year, after 15 days from its publication.
The workers’ sector has yet to issue any statement on the amount of wage hikes. —-Miriam G. Desacada