2nd tranche of wage hike takes effect

A laborer carries a sack of rice to his employer’s store, as more sacks of rice are waiting to be transferred and arranged in a stall at a public market in Davao City. The RTWPB-Davao approved an increase of P38 per day to the minimum wage workers in the region to be given in two tranches, the first tranche of which amount to P19 per day took effect on March 6, 2024.
A laborer carries a sack of rice to his employer’s store, as more sacks of rice are waiting to be transferred and arranged in a stall at a public market in Davao City. The RTWPB-Davao approved an increase of P38 per day to the minimum wage workers in the region to be given in two tranches, the first tranche of which amount to P19 per day took effect on March 6, 2024.Macky Lim/SunStar File Photo
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DAVAO CITY – The second tranche of wage adjustment, granting an increase of P19.00 to the minimum wages of private workers under Wage Order No. RB XI-22 will take effect on September 1, 2024. This will bring the minimum wage of the non-agricultural workers to P481.00 and of the agricultural workers to P476.00.

Earlier this year, on February 13, 2024, the Regional Board XI, under Wage Order No.

RB XI-22 granted a P38.00 adjustment in the minimum wages of the non-agricultural and agricultural workers in Region XI to be given in two tranches, that is, a wage adjustment of nineteen pesos (P19.00) in each tranche.

The first tranche of the wage adjustment was upon the effectivity of the wage order on March 06, 2024. This increased the minimum wages of the non-agricultural workers to P462.00 and the agricultural workers to P457.00. PR

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A laborer carries a sack of rice to his employer’s store, as more sacks of rice are waiting to be transferred and arranged in a stall at a public market in Davao City. The RTWPB-Davao approved an increase of P38 per day to the minimum wage workers in the region to be given in two tranches, the first tranche of which amount to P19 per day took effect on March 6, 2024.
P38 wage hike for minimum wage earners approved in Davao Region

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