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NCR board grants P50 minimum wage hike
At least 1.2 million minimum wage earners in the National Capital Region (NCR) are set to receive higher salaries next month after the regional wage board approved a P50 increase in the daily minimum wage.
On Monday, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced that the NCR Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) issued Wage Order No. 26, which grants a P50 wage hike.
It brings the daily minimum wage rate in Metro Manila from P645 to P695 for the non-agriculture sector, and from P608 to P658 for the agriculture sector, service, and retail establishments employing 15 or less workers, and manufacturing establishments regularly employing less than ten workers.
JUST IN: The DOLE-NCR Wage Board approves a P50 wage hike, bringing the daily minimum wage to P645 to P695 for the non-agriculture sector, and from P608 to P658 for the agriculture sector. @gmanews
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The increase will take effect on July 18, 2025.
The National Wages and Productivity Commission said the wage hike is equivalent to an increase of P1,100 per month for a five-day workweek, and P1,300 for a six-day workweek.
Under the new rate, non-agriculture workers will have a monthly take-home pay of about P15,247 to P18,216 for a five-day and six-day workweek, respectively, inclusive of mandatory social welfare benefits such as 13th month pay, service incentive leave, SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG.
The NCR wage board is the first to issue a new wage order for 2025, the DOLE added.
‘An insult’
In a statement, labor group Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa (SENTRO) described the P50 minimum wage hike as an “insult” and a “damage control” after the 19th Congress failed to pass the proposed bill granting a P200 daily minimum wage increase.
“The RTWPBs are scrambling to contain the outrage of millions of minimum wage earners whose most basic demand for relief was brazenly discarded by Malacañang. This paltry ?50 increase is a pathetic attempt to pacify workers—nothing more,” SENTRO said.
“Amidst the worsening cost of living crisis, only a legislated wage increase can provide a truly substantial lifeline for Filipino workers and their families. Time and time again has proven that the RTWPBs exist to only pacify, not sustain, workers,” it added.
Meanwhile, members of the Kilusan Mayo Uno (KMU) joined over 300 workers in Baguio City to call for the nationwide P1,200 living wage and denounced the P50 wage hike in NCR.
“Malinaw sa aming mga nagtitipon ngayon na ang aspirasyon ng manggagawa ay makamit ang nakabubuhay na sahod para sa kanilang mga pamilya at ang paggalang sa aming mga batayang karapatan,” said Jerome Adonis, newly-elected KMU chairperson.
(It is clear to those of us gathered today that the aspiration of workers is to achieve a living wage for their families and respect for our basic rights.)
KMU also said it will conduct protests during President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s State of the Nation Address in July. —with a report from Mariel Celine Serquiña/AOL/RF, GMA Integrated News
