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Minimum wages in Ilocos, Western Visayas up in November

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Seasonal farm worker Rosalie Gabor and her daughter Analyn harvest corn in Candon City, Ilocos Sur on on March 21, 2019. Jimmy Domingo, ABS-CBN News/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/tvpatrol/03/15/20190321-corn-harvest-candon-ilocos-jd-1.jpg"/><figcaption>Seasonal farm worker Rosalie Gabor and her daughter Analyn harvest corn in Candon City, Ilocos Sur on on March 21, 2019. <em>Jimmy Domingo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Regional boards in Ilocos and in Western Visayas have approved increases in minimum wages that the Department of Labor and Employment said will benefit around 287,683 workers in those regions.</p><p>The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards have also ordered raising wages for kasambahay (domestic workers) there.</p><div><strong>ILOCOS REGION</strong></div><p>The hike in the Ilocos region raises the minimum wage there by P30 to P35 a day, depending on the nature of work. The minimum wage for those in non-agricultural establishments employing 10 or more workers will be P435 a day from the current P400.</p><p>Those working in establishments — agricultural and non-agricultural — with fewer than 10 workers will be entitled to a minimum wage of P402.</p><p>The monthly minimum salary for kasambahay has been raised to P5,500, higher by P500 from the previous work order.</p><p>The wage order has already been published and will take effect on November 6.</p><p>Ilocos region includes the provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union and Pangasinan.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/09/07/23/p35-to-p50-minimum-wage-hike-approved-in-calabarzon">P35 to P50 minimum wage hike approved in Calabarzon</a></li></ul><div><strong>WESTERN VISAYAS</strong></div><p>Minimum wage earners in the Western Visayas, meanwhile, will see a P30 increase on November 16, when a wag order that will be published on Oct. 31 takes effect.</p><p>Workers in non-agricultural establishments with 10 or more employees will have a minimum wage of P480. Those in non-agricultural establishments with fewer than 10 workers will be paid at least P450 a day.</p><p>Those doing agricultural work will have a minimum wage of P440.</p><p>Kasambahay in the region will also see a hike in the minimum salary to P5,000 a month.</p><p>Western Visayas includes the provinces of Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, Negros Occidental.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/multimedia/photo/07/03/23/workers-push-for-living-wage">Workers push for &#x27;living wage&#x27;</a></li></ul><div><strong> National minimum wage</strong></div><p>Workers&#x27; groups — including members of labor coalition All Philippine Trade Unions — have been calling for a national minimum wage, saying prices are high across the country and regional wages have not helped them make ends meet.</p><p>Some groups have called for a nationwide minimum wage of P750, an amount that the Employers Confederation of the Philippines has dismissed as <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/04/12/23/employers-group-thumbs-down-proposed-p750-minimum-wage">problematic </a>and unrealistic. </p>

The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards have also ordered raising the salaries of kasambahay in those regions.