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To guide enterprises in correcting wage distortion stemming from the implementation of minimum wage orders, the National Wages and Productivity Commission issued Wage Advisory No. 1, Series of 2023 on 14 August 2023. The newly released advisory reiterates relevant provisions of the Labor Code and jurisprudence on the matter, outlines how instances of wage distortion may be recognized, and provides suggested formulas with sample computations for addressing and correcting these distortions. Wage distortion occurs when the variations in wage structures or rates among employee groups within an enterprise...

RTWPB-VII opened its 2023 training calendar to MSMEs in the region by conducting free webinars on service quality and lean management. Engr. Roel Vasquez, industrial engineering professor from Cebu Technological University-Danao Campus, served as resource person on service quality improvement on January 13, 2023. More than 50 participants attended the activity. On January 20, 2023, Mr. Mark Jeffrey Pantaleon, Lean practitioner and senior consultant of JP Management Consultancy, delivered a webinar on the basic concepts and principles of Lean Management to a hundred participants. RTWPB-VII will...

RTWPB-IVA and DOLE Cavite Provincial Office conducted a learning session on the implementation of of the 2nd tranche of minimum wage increase to various companies at the First Cavite Industrial Estate (FCIE) on January 19, 2023. To avoid confusion on the implementation of the wage hike, RTWPB IVA’s Board Secretary, Atty. Rio Ariel Soriano emphasized that the minimum wage increases under Wage Order IVA-19 were provided on two tranches. The first tranche took effect on June 30, 2022, while the second tranche became effective on December 30, 2022. Ms. Ruth Terrible, Senior Labor and Employment...

The Regional Micro Small and Medium Enterprise Development Council (RMSMED) in Region XII passed a resolution enjoining all MSMEs to avail of the productivity training programs and technical assistance offered by RTWPB-XII. Passed during the 2022 3rd Quarter Meeting of RMSMED Council, Resolution No. 3, Series of 2022, encourages all regional, provincial and city MSMED councils to partner with RTWPB-Xll in providing productivity trainings to all MSMEs. RTWPB-XII Vice Chairperson and DTI OIC-Regional Director Flora D. Gabunales, chairperson of the RMSMED Council, said that she directed all DTI...

RTWPB-I promoted its programs and services during DOLE Region 1’s ADALEN session on January 13, 2023. Atty. Romina Boado-Cabrillos, Board Secretary of RTWPB-I, served as one of the resource speakers. She said that “the NWPC-RTWPBs’ mandate is to set the minimum wage that protects vulnerable workers from undue low pay and to promote productivity improvement and incentive schemes among MSMEs”. She also mentioned that the effectivity of the 2nd tranche of minimum wage increase in the region was on December 1, 2023, granting a P30 increase in the minimum wage of non-agriculture...

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), thru the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards, issued 16 wage orders across the regions in 2022. In a year-end report, the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) announced that the wages of workers in private establishments were raised from 31 pesos to 110 pesos, and 500 pesos to 2,500 pesos for the kasambahay. Meanwhile, to ensure strict compliance with labor laws and standards, the DOLE’s regional offices inspected during the period 33,481 establishments covering 1.87 million workers nationwide. The labor laws compliance...