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RTWPB holds wage hike hearing for Southern Mindanao

By Edith Regalado | February 16, 2026 - 12:00am

The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board held its first meeting for the year to discuss the proposed wage increase...

Nation

Wages emerge as Filipinos’ top concern in Q4 2025 — OCTA

By Kristine Daguno-Bersamina | January 24, 2026 - 9:20am

Improving or increasing workers’ wages and salaries topped the list of national concerns among adult Filipinos in the...

Headlines

Wage hike for Metro Manila domestic workers set

By Mayen Alquitran | December 25, 2025 - 12:00am

 Domestic workers in Metro Manila are expected to receive a higher pay next year after the wage board set a hearing for...

Nation

Ilocos workers get pay hike

By Jun Elias | November 9, 2025 - 12:00am

Minimum wage earners in Ilocos region will receive a higher take-home pay starting this month after the Regional Tripartite...

Nation

Soccsksargen workers to get pay hike

By Rhodina Villanueva | October 18, 2025 - 12:00am

Minimum wage earners and domestic workers or kasambahay in Soccsksargen will receive a salary increase starting next month...

Nation

Here’s how workers should be paid on Ninoy Aquino Day, says DOLE

By Ian Laqui | August 21, 2025 - 11:30am

In an advisory, DOLE outlined the rules for paying workers on Ninoy Aquino Day, which the government declared a special non-working...

Business

RTWPB-7 to conduct wage hike hearings

By Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon | August 8, 2025 - 12:00am

The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB)-VII has started its review of current minimum wage rates in Central...

Cebu News

Calabarzon workers to get pay hike

By Mayen Jaymalin | August 5, 2025 - 12:00am

Minimum wage earners in Calabarzon are likely to get an increase in their daily take-home pay in September.

Nation

P1,200 minimum wage across the country?

By Fidel Abalos | August 2, 2025 - 12:00am

A few days ago, the Makabayan bloc consisting of ACT Teachers Party-list and Kabataan Party-list, filed House Bill 2599 in a “renewed bid to pass the proposed National Minimum Wage Act” calling for a...

Freeman Cebu Business

Stiffer penalties vs wage violators backed

By Mayen Jaymalin | July 21, 2025 - 12:00am

Employers refusing to comply with the minimum wage hike of P50 in Metro Manila should face stiffer penalties, according to...

Nation