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NEW BRIDGE. The over three-kilometer Panguil Bay Bridge is inaugurated by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on September 27, 2024. It is the longest bay bridge in Mindanao to date, and links Lanao del Norte and Misamis Occidental.Wage hikes for domestic workers in Northern Mindanao and Metro Manila will take effect in January 2025
MANILA, Philippines – The National Wages and Productivity Commission affirmed the daily minimum wage increase of P23 for private sector workers in Northern Mindanao and P35 for those in the agriculture sector in the region.This will “effectively eliminate the sectoral rate differentiation between the non-agriculture and agriculture sectors reflecting the Board’s ongoing efforts to streamline its wage classification structure,” NWPC said in a statement on Thursday, December 26.
The provinces in Northern Mindanao are Bukidnon, Camiguin, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental, and Misamis Oriental.The wage orders will be published on December 27, and will take effect on January 12, 2025.Meanwhile, domestic workers in the National Capital Region will be getting a P500 monthly increase, too, bringing their monthly minimum wage to P7,000.NWPC said the wage hikes in 2024 directly benefits 4,907,584 minimum wage earners in the private sector.
7,528,968 full-time wage and salary workers earning above the minimum wage may also benefit indirectly from these increases due to upward adjustments.
PHILIPPINES BRIDGE WAGE HIKE DOMESTIC WORKERS NORTHERN MINDANAO
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