DOLE to Eastern Visayas business owners: Implement 2nd tranche of wage hike

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TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Eastern Visayas reminded business owners to implement the second tranche of the recently-issued wage order beginning January 2, 2023.

In an advisory issued on Wednesday, the DOLE said it will make sure that the ordinary wage workers will get what’s due to them.

“We at DOLE will be doing our part in ensuring that our workers are receiving what is due to them,” DOLE Regional Director Henry John Jalbuena said.

The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) approved Wage Order Number 22 last June 27 a daily wage increase of P50 to be given in two tranches.

The first tranche of P25 was to be given upon the effectivity of the order while the second tranche of another P25 will take effect on Jan. 2 of next year.

This means that workers in the non-agriculture sector are to receive a daily wage of P375 while those in the agriculture sector and retail or service establishments employing 10 workers and below are to get P345 as their daily minimum wage.

Jalbuena, in the same advisory, urged business owners to strictly follow the wage order by implementing the P25 second tranche.

The last time the RTWPB in the region issued a wage order was on August 18, 2019, setting the daily wage to P325 for non-agriculture workers and P295 for agriculture workers.

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