As the fourth biggest contributor of the country’s economic growth, the daily minimum wage in Central Visayas will increase this year.
The latest daily minimum wage in Central Visayas ranges from Php 351 to Php 404 relative to the past minimum wage of Php 313-386 which has an increment growth of Php 10-52.
The new minimum wage will be effective on January 5, 2020.
The increase of or many sectors as well as local jurisdictions (including in Class A cities and municipalities like Cebu and Danao) amounted to Php 18. For establishments employing less than 10 workers in the Cebu province municipalities of Compostela, Consolacion, Cordova, Liloan, Minglanilla and San Fernando increased to Php8. Tagbilaran, Bohol as well as Bais, Bayawan, Canlaon, Dumaguete, Guihulngan and Tanjay in Negros Oriental has additional Php 48, respectively.
“As a result of the periodic and continuous review of socioeconomic conditions in the region and taking into consideration the issues raised during the public hearings and the position papers submitted by concerned stakeholders, the Board agreed to increase the existing minimum wage rates in Central Visayas,” read Wage Order No. ROVII-22, which was published by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-Region 7 (RTWPB-7).
Moreover, the business leader in Cebu coined this increase as a “scheme that penalizes businesses”.
“Workers paid by results — e.g. on piece work, takay or task basis — are entitled to receive not less than the prescribed minimum wage per eight hours work in a day, or a proportion for working less than eight hours,” report from Business World mentioned.
Virgilio G. Espeleta, president of the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) emphasized that productivity must be considered for increasing wages.
“While we want to alleviate and improve their take-home pay, we wish to translate pay to performance and productivity. It’s a sad reality there never was such clear agenda in the RTWPB on productivity,” Espeleta said.
Source: https://www.bworldonline.com/central-visayas-minimum-wage-rising/