Wage hike for Cagayan Valley workers OK’d

Liezle BasaInigo

Post-Labor Day good news to Cagayan Valley (Region 2) workers: A wage increase has been approved to take effect on May 15.

The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) approved last Apr. 22, 2015 Wage Order No. RTWPB – II-17, setting an increase in the minimum wage rates for workers in the private sector in Region 2.

Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 2 Director Sixto Rodriguez, concurrent chairman of the RTWPB, said the wage adjustment for all workers is P45 per day for non-agriculture; P37 per day for agriculture; P53 for retail/service employing more than 10 employees; and P31 for retail/service employing not more than 10 employees.

Meanwhile, employees in the nonagriculture sector will get P300 per day from the previous P255; P280 per day for agriculture from P280; P300 per day for retail/service employing more than 10 employees from the previous P247; and P260 per day for retail/service employing not more than 10 employees from the previous P229.