CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board 3 has issued Wage Order No. RBIII-20 increasing the daily minimum wage to P16 for the private sector workers in Central Luzon effective May 1, 2017.
“The Board deemed it best to increase the minimum wage at a reasonable and equitable level in light of the regional poverty threshold level vis-à-vis average wage, along the need to promote performance-based incentive schemes under the Two-Tiered Wage System,” the order stated.
As such, new minimum wage for the provinces of Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, and Zambales will be Php380 for Non-Agriculture establishments with total assets of Php30 million or more, Php373 for Non-Agriculture establishments with total assets of less than Php30 million, Php350 for Agriculture Plantation, Php334 for Agriculture Non-Plantation, Php369 for Retail/Service with 16 or more workers, and Php355 for Retail/Service with less than 16 workers.
Moreover, new minimum wage for the province of Aurora is Php329 for Non-Agriculture, Php314 for Agriculture Plantation, Php302 for Agriculture Non-Plantation, and Php264 for Retail/Service with less than 16 workers. — Carlo Lorenzo J. Datu/PIA3
