Minimum wage earners in Calabarzon region may expect higher salaries starting next month after the regional wage board approved a P25 to P100 increase in the daily minimum wage.
On Friday, the Department of Labor and Employment announced the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) IV-A issued Wage Order No. IVA-22, providing for a P25-P100 hike in daily minimum wage of agriculture workers; P30-P100 increase for non-agriculture workers; and P83 for employees working in retail and service establishments employing not more than ten workers.
This would bring the wage rate to ?508-?525 in the agriculture sector; P525-P600 in the non-agriculture sector; and ?508 in retail and service sector.
The wage order will be implemented in two tranches: October 5, 2025 and April 1, 2026, according to DOLE.
Upon its effectivity, the minimum wage workers in the private sector within the region shall receive the following daily minimum wage increase:
Component Cities and First-Class Municipalities:
1. For the Extended Metropolitan Area:
2. For the Component Cities:
3. For the First-Class Municipalities:
4. For the Reclassified First-Class Municipalities per Department of Finance(DOF) Department Order (DO) No. 074-2024:
Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth- Class Municipalities:
1. P60.00 (first tranche) and P15.00 (second tranche) for the non-agriculture sector; and
2. P60.00 (first tranche) and P23.00 (second tranche) for the agriculture sector.
Meanwhile, retail and service establishments employing not more than 10 workers across all areas shall have an increase of P60 for the first tranche and P23 for the second tranche.
Hike not enough
While he lauded the development, Cavite Rep. Jolo Revilla, chairperson of the House committee on labor and employment, said the daily minimum wage increase “remains insufficient to address the every day needs of Filipino families”.
“Hindi makatarungan na ang mga manggagawa na iilang minuto lang ang layo mula Maynila ay mas maliit ang kinikita kahit pareho ang taas ng bilihin. Sa wage order na ito, unti-unti nating nababawasan ang agwat na iyon,” said Revilla.
(It is not right for workers employed in establishments located minutes away from Metro Manila to earn less amid the high prices of commodities. Through this wage order, we are slowly addressing the wage gap.)
“Patuloy tayong lalaban para sa isang tunay na living wage na magbibigay ng dignidad sa ating mga manggagawa,” he added.
(We will work continuosly for a true living wage that would provide dignity for workers.) —AOL, GMA Integrated News
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