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DOLE Approves Minimum Wage Increase in Luzon
The DOLE (Department of Labor and Employment) has approved a minimum wage increase of 15 pesos (about 33 cents in USD) per day. The affected area is the main island of Luzon where the capital, Manila, is located. A work-day in the Philippines is typically nine hours long. The minimum wage for non-agricultural establishments with less than ten employees was formerly 208 pesos per day or 23.11 pesos (about 50 cents) per hour in that region. The new increase will raise the minimum wage to about 54 cents per hour.
The Labor chief said that the new minimum wage rates shall apply to all minimum wage earners in the private sector in the region, regardless of their position, designation, or status of employment, and method by which they are paid.
But it allows troubled establishments and new business enterprises a one-year exemption from the payment of the new minimum wage, upon application with and approval of the RTWPB. The period for application for exemption shall be within 75 days from publication of its approved Implementing Rules. Read the rest of the story…
