New minimum wage rates for private-sector workers across CALABARZON took effect on Oct. 26, increasing daily pay by ₱25 to ₱45 under Wage Order No. IVA-23.
The adjustment covered workers in Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon, with the new daily minimum wage ranging from ₱550 to ₱645, depending on the employment sector and locality classification.
The National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) said more than 1.5 million minimum wage earners were expected to benefit from the increase.
Non-agricultural workers in the extended metropolitan area were set to receive a minimum daily wage of ₱645, while workers in component cities and first-class municipalities were covered by a ₱590 rate, except in Rosario, Cavite, where the minimum was also ₱645.
Agricultural workers and employees of retail and service establishments that regularly employed no more than 10 workers were covered by a daily minimum wage of ₱550.