Ealier this year, on February 13, 2024, the Regional Board XI, under Wage Order No. RB XI-22 granted a thirty-eight pesos (P38.00) adjustment in the minimum wages of the non-agricultural and agricultural workers in Region XI to be given in two tranches, that is, a wage adjustment of nineteen pesos (P19.00) in each tranche.
The first tranche of the wage adjustment was upon the effectivity of the wage order on March 06, 2024.
This increased the minimum wages of the non-agricultural workers to four hundred sixty-two pesos (P462.00) and the agricultural workers to four hundred fifty-seven (P457.00). (PR)