CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — A new minimum wage rate in Central Luzon will take
effect on June 20 after its affirmation by the National Wages and Productivity
Commission and publication in a local daily.
Wage Order No. RBIII-23 mandates a P40 increase in the daily minimum wage of
workers in private establishments in the region.
“The P40 increase will be given in two tranches— P30 upon effectivity of the wage
order on June 20 and another P10 effective January 1, 2023,” Regional Tripartite
Wages and Productivity Board chairperson and Department of Labor and
Employment-Region 3 director Geraldine Panlilio explained.
Upon effectivity of the wage order, the new daily minimum wage in Central Luzon
provinces except Aurora will be P450 for non-agriculture establishments with 10
or more workers and P443 for establishments with less than 10 workers.
Plantation workers in agricultural establishments will receive a daily minimum
wage of P420 while non-plantation workers will receive P404.
Daily minimum wage in retail/service establishments with 10 or more workers will
be P439, while it is P425 in establishments with less than 10 workers.
In Aurora, the daily minimum wage rate for non-agricultural workers is P399
starting June 20. Daily minimum wage of plantation workers in agricultural
establishments will be P384 while P372 for non-plantation workers.
Workers in retail and service establishments in the province will receive a daily
minimum wage of P334.
Kasambahays or domestic workers in Central Luzon shall also receive an increase
to their monthly wage on June 20.
Under Wage Order No. RBIII-DW-03, the new monthly wage in chartered cities
and 1st class municipalities is P5,000 while P4,500 in other municipalities. – PIA-3
