Central Luzon workers to get pay hike on Labor Day

• Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2016/04/30/central-luzon-workers-get-pay-hike-labor-day-470940
• Sunday, May 1, 2016

By Princess Clea Arcellaz

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Workers in Central Luzon will have more reason to celebrate Labor Day as the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole)-Central Luzon announced additional take home pay anew.

An additional P7 increase on the minimum wage will be implemented on May 1, simultaneous with the 114th Philippine Labor Day celebration, to complete the P15 wage hike approved by the National Wages Productivity Commission under Wage Order RB III-19.

In the order, minimum wage earners will receive a P15 raise, which will be received in two tranches, first upon the order's implementation last year and the second, Sunday, May 1.

Dole Regional Director Ana Dione said that the pay hike will now set the minimum wage in the region to P364.

"The minimum wage in the region will now be above the poverty threshold of P248 for a family of five," Dione said.

The wage order will cover all minimum wage earners in the private sector in the region except those that are employed in personal service such as maids and drivers, she added.

Meanwhile, those who will not comply with the pay hike order will be subjected to penal provisions under Republic Act 6727 or the Minimum Wage Fixing Law.

"Complaints for non-compliance on the issued order must be directed to our regional office for investigation," Dione said.