P16 Increase In Daily Minimum Wage In Central Luzon Working In Private Sector Starts This May 01

Starting May 1, 2017, the minimum wage for workers in the private sector and other employees in Central Luzon will increase by P16.

On Wednesday, April 19, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board 3 (RTWPB3) issued Wage Order No. RBIII-20 that provides a P16 increase in daily minimum wage for Central Luzon’s private sector effective May 1, 2017.

“The Board deemed it best to increase the minimum wage at a reasonable and equitable level in light of the regional poverty threshold level vis-à-vis average wage, along the need to promote performance-based incentive schemes under the Two-Tiered Wage System,” the RTWPB3 order stated.

As such, new minimum wage for the provinces of Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, and Zambales will be:

* P380 for Non-Agriculture establishments with total assets of P30 million or more;

* P373 for Non-Agriculture establishments with total assets of less than P30 million;

* P350 for Agriculture Plantation;

* P334 for Agriculture Non-Plantation;

* P369 for Retail/Service with 16 or more workers; and

* P355 for Retail/Service with less than 16 workers.

Likewise, new minimum wage for the province of Aurora will be:

* P329 for Non-Agriculture;

* P314 for Agriculture Plantation;

* P302 for Agriculture Non-Plantation; and

* P264 for Retail/Service with less than 16 workers.

Source: Manila Bulletin