Regional Updates – Page 33 – National Wages and Productivity Commission

RTWPB-IX JOINS PROJECT ANGEL TREE

Written by Clodualdo Milo Jr. on April 13, 2023. Posted in Regional Updates, RTWPB-IX.

RTWPB XI teamed up with DOLE Regional Office IX in a gift-giving event called Project Angel Tree in celebration of DOLE’s 87th founding anniversary on December 08, 2020. Project Angel Tree is a component of the DOLE Child Labor Prevention and Elimination Program that provides an array of items and services for children such as food, clothing, educational assistance and school supplies. It aims to improve the economic and social conditions of child laborers and their families and increase the number of allies and advocacies of child labor prevention and elimination.

RTWPB VIII CONDUCTS E-KAPIHAN SESSIONS

Written by Clodualdo Milo Jr. on April 13, 2023. Posted in Regional Updates, RTWPB-VIII.

RTWPB-VIII held its e-Kapihan Session entitled “Productivity, Compensation Packages that supports Employment Preservation & Business Continuity in time of COVID” on November 25, 2020 via Zoom. Invited speakers were 2020 ASEAN Business Awardee from Laguna and owner of 3D Packaging Corporation, Ms. Jaie F. Ador and owner of Eva Marie Arts and Crafts, Ms. Eva Maria Adona-Yu. They shared tips on how to make business resilient during disruption. The session aimed to show that maintaining high business productivity and providing good compensation to employees are keys to survival and grow...

PUBLIC HEARINGS DONE IN NEGROS, BOHOL

Written by Clodualdo Milo Jr. on April 13, 2023. Posted in Regional Updates, RTWPB-VII.

RTWPB VII conducted wage public hearings in Dumaguete and Tagbilaran City on April 12 and 13, respectively. Worker groups, employers’ associations and government sector representatives from Siquijor, Negros Oriental, and Bohol gathered to discuss the wage petition in the region. The Board is set to conduct wage public hearings in Cebu City and Bogo City in Cebu on May 9-10, 2018, its Wage Order having reached its anniversary date last March 10.

PRODUCTIVITY TRAININGS IN MT. PROVINCE, BICOL

Written by Clodualdo Milo Jr. on April 13, 2023. Posted in Regional Updates, RTWPB-V.

The NWPC conducted Retail Service and Lean Management trainings in Bauko, Mt. Province and Legazpi, Albay on April 25, 2018. Ms. Sylvia P. Piano, Chief of the Training and Technical Services Division and Mr. Francis Michael G. Atangan, Labor and Employment Officer III of the TTSD served as resource speakers on retail service training in Mt. Province. Meanwhile, Ms. Amelia C. Kakazu, Supervising Labor and Employment Officer and Ms. Julie C. Llorente, Senior Labor and Employment Officer served as resource speakers during the lean management training for employees in service establishments...

NEW WAGE ORDER FOR WORKERS IN CALABARZON

Written by Clodualdo Milo Jr. on April 13, 2023. Posted in Regional Updates, RTWPB-IVA.

Minimum wage earners in private establishments in CALABARZON received a basic wage increase of P9.00 to P24.50 upon effectivity of Wage Order No. IVA-18 on April 28, 2018. This brings the new minimum wage to a range of P317 to P400 in non-agriculture; P303 to P372 in agriculture sector; and P303 in retail/service establishments regularly employing not more than 10 workers. The new wage order brought all the minimum wage rates to levels not lower than the region’s 2015 poverty threshold. Further, there will only be one rate for the agriculture sector in each area and the remaining tranches...

RTWPB-III LAUNCHES PROJECT “DITAK KABIYASNAN”

Written by Clodualdo Milo Jr. on April 13, 2023. Posted in Regional Updates, RTWPB-III.

To provide information access to micro and small establishments, RTWPB-III launched Project “Ditak Kabiyasnan” on March 24, 2017 in Angeles, Pampanga. “Ditak Kabiyasnan” is a Kapampangan term for “small knowledge”, which the Board conceptualized to enhance access of small establishments to basic information on wages and productivity. The project was also in response to the call of DOLE Region III Director and RTWPB Chairperson Atty. Ana C. Dione for the Board Secretariat to intensify their information campaign.