Board OKs minimum-wage increase in Calabarzon

The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board in Calabarzon has approved an increase to the basic pay of minimum wage earners in the region.

Wage Order No. IVA-16 mandates a 12-peso per day basic pay increase for workers receiving less than P267.00 a day and a 13-peso per day socio-economic allowance (SEA) for workers receiving more than P267.00 up to P349.50 per day.

The 12-peso wage increase will be done in tranches until December 2016 at an increase of P4 to P6 per tranche while the 13-peso SEA will be given as soon as the wage order is implemented on May 1. The increase will mean the highest minimum wage for the region will be at P362.50 a day.

The new wage order covers minimum wage workers and employees in private establishments regardless of their position, designation, or status of employment and method of payment.

The increase also applies to all workers paid by result, including those paid on piece work, takay, pakyaw, or task basis, and to seasonal or temporary workers.

Domestic workers, family drivers, and workers of barangay microbusiness enterprises are excluded from the wage increase. — JDS, GMA News