CITY Council's committee on Trade and Commerce chair Councilor George Goking said the daily minimum wage of workers in Northern Mindanao would increase by P25, in a statement he received Monday.
He said the announcement was made and issued by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
“A P25 wage hike in the minimum daily wage has been granted by the northern Mindanao’s regional wage board,” said Goking.
According to Goking, the new minimum wage rates will be P405 for the non-agriculture sector and P393 for the agriculture sector in the cities of Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, Malaybalay, Valencia, Gingoog, El Salvador, and Ozamis.
While in the municipalities to include of Tagoloan, Villanueva, Jasaan, Opol, Maramag, Quezon, Manolo Fortich, and Lugait.
Goking said the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board Northern Mindanao “issued Wage Order No. RX-10 granting a pay hike of P25 upon its effectivity and another P15-P22 effective December 16, 2022,”
“The RTWPB approved labor groups' petition as announced through a statement issued by Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III,” Goking said.
Sec. Bello said that around 152,924 workers in private establishments and 54,851 domestic workers are expected to benefit from the minimum wage increases in the region.
Meanwhile, the new minimum wage rate in the cities of Oroquieta and Tangub and the municipalities of Laguindingan, Mambajao, Balingasag, and all other areas, including retail and service establishments employing not more than ten workers, are P390 for the non-agriculture sector and P378 for the agriculture sector,” according to Bello.
“The Board also issued RBX-DW-03 granting a monthly wage increase of P500 for domestic workers bringing the new monthly minimum wage rate in the region to P4,500 for cities and first-class municipalities and P3,500 for other municipalities,” he added.
Goking said that the wage order shall take effect 15 days after publication.
The previous wage order for workers in private establishments took effect on November 1, 2018 while the wage order for domestic workers took effect on January 1, 2020, according to Goking.
