ZAMBOANGA CITY - Workers in the Zamboanga Peninsula are to expect additional increase in the minimum wage brought about by Wage Order No. RIX-20 as announced by the Department of Labor and Employment 9.
The wage adjustment takes effect on July 31, 2018, fifteen days after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board 9 published the Order on July 15, 2018 in two newspapers of local circulation in the region.
DOLE Regional Director Ofelia B. Domingo, who chairs the RTWPB-9 or commonly known as the Wage Board, said that workers will be receiving an additional P20.00 per day.
"The Board has gone through a series of sectoral consultations to arrive at this decision to adjust wages. I believe that the increase in the minimum wage will enable the workers...
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