Mimaropa workers get wage increase
Minimum wage earners in
Josefino Torres, who chairs the regional wage board, said they have approved a new wage order granting a pay increase ranging from P2 to P7.
Under the new wage order, Torres said the daily minimum wage rate for non-agricultural workers in the cities of Puerto Princesa in
The daily take-home pay for plantation workers is now P197; non-plantation workers, P177; and workers in retail and service establishments, P122.
For the rest of the region, Torres said the minimum wage rates for non-agricultural and agricultural workers are P225 and P188, respectively.
The wage hike will take effect 15 days after the publication of the new wage order.
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