WAGE ADJUSTMENT CONSULTATION. Zenaida Angara-Campita, regional director of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Central Luzon, leads one of the series of public consultations on the adjustment of wage rates for the minimum wage earners in Central Luzon. A public hearing on new wage adjustment will be conducted on Sept. 20, 2019. (File photo by Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-3)
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga -- The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-3 (RTWPB -3) will conduct a public hearing on the adjustment of wage rates for the minimum wage earners in Central Luzon.
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Director Zenaida Angara-Campita, who chairs RTWPB-3, said the public hearing will be held at the Forum 1, The Orchid Gardens, Lazatin Boulevard, Barangay San Juan, this city on September 20.
Campita said the move is part of the board’s ongoing review of the region’s socio-economic situation and its impact on the prevailing minimum wages.
“This is to determine whether a new wage order should be issued considering the prevailing socio-economic condition of the region,” she said.
Earlier, public consultations were conducted in the seven provinces in Central Luzon to hear the views of all interested parties with regard to adjusting the wage rates for the minimum wage earners in the region.
The last time the RTWPB-3 issued a wage order was on August 1, 2018.
Under Wage Order RB III-21, minimum earners in Central Luzon in the non-agriculture category and establishment with total assets of PHP30 million are to receive PHP400 basic pay per day.
On the other hand, employees working in the non-agriculture category and establishments with assets of less than PHP30 million shall receive PHP393 as basic pay per day.
This wage rate applies to minimum wage earners in the provinces of Pampanga, Tarlac, Bulacan, Zambales, Bataan, and Nueva Ecija.
For the province of Aurora, the daily minimum wage is PHP349.
Under the agriculture category, the daily wage rate for plantation and non-plantation workers in Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales is PHP370 and PHP354, respectively.
Plantation and non-plantation workers in Aurora, on the other hand, are receiving a daily wage rate of PHP334 and PHP322, respectively.
Meanwhile, for the retail or service category with 16 or more workers, the minimum wage is PHP389 and for those with less than 16 workers, PHP375, for both six provinces; and, PHP284 in Aurora. (PNA)
