Eastern Visayas wage board eyes pay riseTacloban City – The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) will likely raise the minimum wage for workers in private establishments in Eastern Visayas after conducting a series of public consultations. Another venue was Catbalogan City in Samar for stakeholders in Eastern Samar, Northern Samar, and Samar provinces. Surprisingly however, the management sector seems to support the clamor and expressed willingness to pay for a wage hike. 18, the wage body raised the take-home pay of workers by integrating part of the cost-of-living allowance (COLA) into the basic wage in all sectors except the sugar industry. In Eastern Visayas, a family of five needs P235 daily to sustain their basic needs.

Source: Manila Bulletin September 21, 2016 14:21 UTC