ILOILO CITY - The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) is thinking of issuing an advisory on the productivity base pay for workers in Boracay Island.
RTWPB Secretary Nesa S. Nolido said it will be done through the Industry Tripartite Council of Boracay in response to the request of labor seeking additional support based on productivity.
Nolido explained that the productivity standards that fall under the two-tier wage system will provide bases for increases on top of the minimum wage.
The productivity standard can be implemented per industry or establishment through a request for a time and motion study.
“The board will issue a job order for specific establishment or industry,” she added.
Currently, only the sugar industry has its own productivity base pay for its workers.
To recall, business groups in Western Visayas called on the labor department and the RTWPB to come up with a productivity standard for every sector prior to the implementation of the Minimum Wage Order 21.
The order, however, already took effect May 2 following its publication in major publications.
The new minimum wage for workers in non-agriculture/industrial and commercial with more than 10 workers is now P298.50, and P256.50 for those with less than 10 employees.
For the agriculture industry, those working in plantation earn P266.50 a day and P256.50 for those working in non-plantation.
“The minimum wage is for the protection of skilled and new entrants to the labor force,” Nolido emphasized.
Meanwhile, a series of seminars and trainings is being conducted in Boracay Island for the proposed productivity base pay.
source: interaksyon.com
