P35 to P50 minimum wage hike approved in Calabarzon

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<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/11/11/20181111-lazada-warehouse.jpg' ><figcaption>Workers in an e-commerce warehouse in Cabuyao, Laguna pack items for delivery. <em>Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Workers in the Calabarzon region will soon receive a P35 to P50 hike in their daily minimum wage, the Department of Labor and Employment announced Thursday.</p><p>Region-4A's Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board issued the wage hike order on Sept. 1, DOLE said.</p><p>Non-agricultural workers in the extended metropolitan area will see their pay increase to P520 per day. </p><p>Service and retail establishments employing 10 or fewer workers, and manufacturing establishments regularly employing less than 10 workers will see their pay rise to P385. </p><p>The new minimum wage rates vary according to the classification of different areas.</p><div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='minimum wage' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/09/07/minimum-wage.png' ></figure></div><p>Agricultural workers in Calaca and Carmona, meanwhile, will see an increase of P89 due to their localities' reclassification as component cities, DOLE said.</p><p>The new rates translate to a 9 to 11 percent increase from the prevailing daily minimum wage rates in Calabarzon, and are expected to benefit over 719,000 minimum wage earners in the region, DOLE said.</p><p>This will result in a "comparable 23 percent increase in wage-related benefits covering 13th-month pay, service incentive leave (SlL), and social security benefits such as SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-lBlG," it added.</p><p>"About 1.6 million full-time wage and salary workers earning above the minimum wage may also indirectly benefit as a result of upward adjustments at the enterprise level arising from the correction of wage distortion," the agency added. </p><p>The wage order is to take effect after 15 days from its publication, or on Sept. 24 this year. </p><p>In June, a P40 hike in the minimum wage was approved in the National Capital Region, triggering negative reactions from the public and activists.</p><p>In August, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said that the upper chamber will pass by December its proposed P150 across the board minimum wage increase.</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/07/03/23/zubiri-p40-minimum-wage-hike-not-enough'>Zubiri: P40 minimum wage hike not enough</a></li>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/31/23/zubiri-vows-legislated-wage-hike-by-year-end'>'Great Christmas gift': Zubiri vows to pass legislated wage hike by year-end</a></li></ul><p><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></p><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe allow='autoplay; fullscreen' frameborder='0' height='100%' id='ivsplayer01' scrolling='no' src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&spid=3001339&vid=2700744' width='100%'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more News on <a href='https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news' target='_blank'>iWantTFC</a></div>

<p>Service and retail establishments employing 10 or fewer workers, and manufacturing establishments regularly employing less than 10 workers will see their pay rise to P385. </p><p>The new minimum wage rates vary according to the classification of different areas.</p><div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='minimum wage' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/09/07/minimum-wage.png' ></figure></div><p>Agricultural workers in Calaca and Carmona, meanwhile, will see an increase of P89 due to their localities' reclassification as component cities, DOLE said.</p><p>The new rates translate to a 9 to 11 percent increase from the prevailing daily minimum wage rates in Calabarzon, and are expected to benefit over 719,000 minimum wage earners in the region, DOLE said.</p><p>This will result in a "comparable 23 percent increase in wage-related benefits covering 13th-month pay, service incentive leave (SlL), and social security benefits such as SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-lBlG," it added.</p><p>"About 1.6 million full-time wage and salary workers earning above the minimum wage may also indirectly benefit as a result of upward adjustments at the enterprise level arising from the correction of wage distortion," the agency added. </p><p>The wage order is to take effect after 15 days from its publication, or on Sept. 24 this year. </p><p>In June, a P40 hike in the minimum wage was approved in the National Capital Region, triggering negative reactions from the public and activists.</p><p>In August, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said that the upper chamber will pass by December its proposed P150 across the board minimum wage increase.</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/07/03/23/zubiri-p40-minimum-wage-hike-not-enough'>Zubiri: P40 minimum wage hike not enough</a></li>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/31/23/zubiri-vows-legislated-wage-hike-by-year-end'>'Great Christmas gift': Zubiri vows to pass legislated wage hike by year-end</a></li></ul><p><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></p><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe allow='autoplay; fullscreen' frameborder='0' height='100%' id='ivsplayer01' scrolling='no' src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&spid=3001339&vid=2700744' width='100%'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more News on <a href='https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news' target='_blank'>iWantTFC</a></div>

<p>Region-4A's Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board issued the wage hike order on Sept. 1, DOLE said.</p><p>Non-agricultural workers in the extended metropolitan area will see their pay increase to P520 per day. </p>

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/11/11/20181111-lazada-warehouse.jpg' ><figcaption>Workers in an e-commerce warehouse in Cabuyao, Laguna pack items for delivery. <em>Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Workers in the Calabarzon region will soon receive a P35 to P50 hike in their daily minimum wage, the Department of Labor and Employment announced Thursday.</p>

The Region-4A's Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board issued the wage hike order on Sept. 1, DOLE said.

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P35 to P50 minimum wage hike approved in Calabarzon

P35 to P50 minimum wage hike approved in Calabarzon