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DOLE: NCR wage board grants P33 pay hike for minimum earners

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="A staff worker operates a hot-foil printing machine as he produces plate numbers at the Land Transportation Office (LTO) plate-making plant/assembly line in its headquarters in Quezon City. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/business/05/14/20180424-plate-number-factory-5-jc.jpg"/><figcaption>A staff worker operates a hot-foil printing machine as he produces plate numbers at the Land Transportation Office (LTO) plate-making plant/assembly line in its headquarters in Quezon City.<em> Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – Metro Manila&#x27;s wage board on Friday granted a P33 increase for minimum-wage earners, bumping up the regional rate for non-agricultural jobs to P570, the Department of Labor and Employment said Saturday.</p><p>In the NCR&#x27;s agriculture sector, the daily rate would be P533.</p><p>The new wage hikes seek to &quot;restore&quot; the purchasing power of minimum wage earners amid the rising prices of basic goods and petroleum products, the labor department said, adding that some 1 million workers in private establishments are expected to be protected from &quot;undue low pay.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/04/22/ncr-wage-board-rejects-petition-for-p470-wage-hike">NCR wage board rejects petition for P470 across-the-board wage hike</a></li></ul><p>Meanwhile, the DOLE said the Western Visayas wage board also granted a salary increase for workers in the non-agriculture, industrial and commercial establishments of P55 and P110, respectively, bringing the daily minimum wage for the sectors in the region to P450 and P420. </p><p>The same wage board also granted a P95 increase for workers in the agriculture sector in Region 6, pushing their daily minimum wage to P410, according to DOLE.</p><p>The Western Visayas wage board echoed its NCR counterpart&#x27;s basis for granting the hikes.</p><p>The DOLE said the fresh wage-hike orders would be submitted to the Commission for review and should take effect 15 days after publication in a newspaper of general circulation. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/19/22/p400-daily-wage-hike-for-central-luzon-workers-sought">TUCP files P400 daily wage hike petition for Central Luzon workers</a></li></ul><p>In separate statements, labor groups said the wage hikes would not be enough to get by.</p><p>Still, Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) chairperson Elmer Labog, who ran for a Senate seat but lost, said that while the pay increase was &quot;insufficient,&quot; they are still considering it a victory.</p><p>Labog said all regional wage boards should do the same, urging the next Congress to prioritize legislating a P750 across-the-board minimum wage.</p><p>Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa called the P33 wage increase in Metro Manila a &quot;pittance and woefully inadequate.&quot; </p><p>&quot;It is not even enough to allow workers to recover the lost value of their wages,&quot; it added.</p><p>The group also called for the abolition of regional wage boards and &quot;go back to a national wage-setting mechanism.&quot;</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><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&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1965004" 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>

The new wage hikes seek to ‘restore’ the purchasing power of minimum wage earners amid rising prices.