Four more regional wage boards are expected to soon issue their new wage orders, according to a labor group.
The Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP) said the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPBs) in Western, Central and Eastern Visayas, as well as the Davao Region are now finalizing their stakeholder consultations for their respective wage orders.
“Regions 6, 7, 8 and 11 are already deliberating, and will be ready to issue wage orders,” ALU-TUCP Spokesman Alan Tanjusay said.
Tanjusay said the four RTWPBs are ahead of their counterparts in other regions since they have gone past the anniversary dates of their previous wage orders.
As of May, the 12-month prohibition period for wage orders in Central Luzon and Zamboanga have lapsed.
He said they hope the wage orders to be granted by the RTWPBs in the four regions would be enough to help them cope with rising prices of basic goods and services.