LABOR SEC. Rosalinda Baldos announced last week the P15 pay hike for workers in the National Capital Region.
Baldos, who also chairs the National Wages and Productivity Commission, said it would be the 19th increase since Republic Act 6828 or the Wage Rationalization Act was implemented on June 9, 1989. The Department of Labor and Employment also said that more than half a million minimum wage earners in the NCR would benefit from the increase.
This means that workers in the non-agricultural sector would be receiving P481 a day while those in the agricultural sector would be receiving P444.
What can P15 buy? Check out this infographics by PCIJ deputy producer Cong B. Corrales.
