HERE’S good news for daily wage earners.

The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-1 (RTWPB-1) issued Wage Order No.RB1-17 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations increasing the daily minimum wage rates of workers and employees below the Poverty Threshold particularly in the Non-Agriculture (Micro) and Agriculture (Non-Plantation) by P14.00 effective July 19, 2015.

The increase will be given in two tranches, the first P7.00 upon effectivity of the Order and another P7.00 on December 1, 2015, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 1 Director and chair of RTWPB-1 Grace Ursua said.

Public hearings on the wage issue were conducted on May 18, 19 and 20, 2015 in Vigan City and Dagupan City to gather the positions of both the labor and the management sectors.

Excluded in the increase are the Kasambahays or Domestic Workers, persons employed in the personal service of another including family drivers, and workers and employees of registered Barangay Micro Business Enterprises (BMBEs) with Certifications of Authority.

The new wage order also provides exemptions to distressed establishments, new business establishments, retail/service establishments employing not more than ten workers, and establishments adversely affected by calamities such as natural and/or human induced disasters.

Deadline in the filing of exemptions from the coverage of the wage order is on September 17, 2015 at the RTWPB-1 or at the Field Offices of the DOLE in the region.

Schedule of orientations on the new Wage Order is as follows: August 12 – City of San Fernando, La Union; August 18 – Dagupan City and August 20 – Laoag City. (Tita Roces)

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