Central Visayas minimum wage now P285 per day

[sharkey360]

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THE wage board agreed yesterday to adjust the minimum daily wage in Central Visayas by P18.

Some labor groups criticized the amount as too small but which a business leader said is adequate considering the finances many companies are in.

The increase adjusts the daily minimum wage from P267 to P285.

The export sector is not covered by the increase until Feb. 12, 2011 to allow it to recover from a global economic crisis and the depreciation of the dollar, the wage board said.

The approval to grant minimum wage earners an increase came in the final deliberation of the proposal by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB).

Present in the deliberation were Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) Regional Director Elias Cayanong, who also chairs the RTWPB; National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) Regional Director Marlene Rodriguez; Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Director Asteria Caberte; management representatives Hernan Streegan and Hidelito Pascual; and labor sector representative Marianito Ventura.

The P18-increase under Wage Order No. 15 covers the entire Region 7 and all sectors whether industrial or agricultural and sugar-producing firms.

“There was no voting to avoid technicalities. It was a consensus of all the members.

It was an agreement of the parties,” Cayanong said.

Cayanong said the wage increase is not across-the-board.

Only workers receiving the present minimum daily wage of P267 gets the P18 increase.

To correct wage distortions, management will have to adjust the current wages to be able to comply with the new minimum wage of P285, Cayanong said.

The new minimum wage takes effect only 15 days after the wage order and its implementing rules and guidelines are published in a newspaper of general circulation.

Josefina Lim of the Associated Labor Union (ALU) said the RTWPB 7 decision is ridiculous given the poverty of workers in Central Visayas.

Lim said the wage board of Region 10 where Cagayan de Oro City is, gave a higher increase.

The Misamis Oriental wage board granted an adjustment of P25, P13 of which is wage increase and P12 cost of living allowance (Cola).

But Cayanong said Region 10’s wage increase is only P13 and the Cola was simply integrated in the wage.

“On record, the wage increase in Region 7 in the amount of P18 is still higher than that in other regions,” Cayanong said.

Cayanong said the wage board came up with a figure that was acceptable to the government, management and labor representatives.

Going beyond P18 would mean delaying the granting of an increase, the wage board chairman said.

Eric Ng Mendoza, president of the Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), appealed to employers to comply with the new minimum wage.

Mendoza said firms that cannot afford to grant the increase can apply for exemption.

The Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) yesterday said the decision to grant an increase of only P18 reinforces its call that Congress pass a law creating a National Living Wages Commission that will look into the welfare of the workers and consequently abolish the RTWPB.

Lim said ALU supports the call to abolish the regional wage boards as she accused the wage board of being pro-management.

Wages in CV up by P18 | Sun.Star Network Online

[haroldking]

gamaya ra jud sah? pamahaw, snack, lunch, snack, dinner pila nalay mahabilin? besyo pah segarilyo, chicks, tagay...human unya lalison pang increase...ah Pnoy asa naka?

[SioDenz]

required jud tanan kompanya mupa implement ani sah? ma reklamu ba na sila if dili?

[lestat1116]

kanang mo reklamo ba. pili lang. naa moy TRABAHO OR WALA. mao ra jud na.

[brandnewbien]

dako nana ang 18pesos oi

[salbahis]

required jud tanan kompanya mupa implement ani sah? ma reklamu ba na sila if dili?

if its approve by the govt then the private company have no choice but to implement it, but the consequenses on this there might be layoffs....

[james_chaw]

kanang mo reklamo ba. pili lang. naa moy TRABAHO OR WALA. mao ra jud na.

YES! AMEN! paskang....unsa man kuno ka datu ang management? maygani nag.negosyo pa sila nga pwerting inutil ang kita kaysa manirado nalang gyud ug mag trabaho nalang pud sila sa abroad.(toink!)

[necrotic freak]

NOT across-the-board.. meaning kadto ra currently receiving minimum wage ang naa increase? ang dagko na sweldo daan walay labot?

[james_chaw]

if its approve by the govt then the private company have no choice but to implement it, but the consequenses on this there might be layoffs....

Correct again!

[haroldking]

aw daghan napod patid patid ug lata sa dalan..tambay dyan sa kanto...