Regional board approves wage hike for workers in CAR - BusinessWorld Online

CAR workers to get pay hike

Before the year ends, minimum wage earners and domestic workers in the Cordillera Autonomous Region are getting a pay hike, the National Wages and Productivity Commission announced.

Wage hike OK’d for Cordillera minimum wage earners, kasambahays

Minimum wage earners in the private sector as well as kasambahays (domestic workers) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) can now look forward to higher pay. This was after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTPWB) issued two wage orders on December 2 that increased the daily minimum pay in the CAR for the two sectors.

Regional board approves wage hike for workers in CAR - BusinessWorld Online

THE Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) has approved a minimum wage increase of P35 for private sector workers, effective Dec. 30. This brings the region’s minimum wage to P505 from the initial P470, according to Wage Order No. CAR-24 shared by the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) on its Facebook page. Under the new wage order, the daily minimum wage applies to a…