BACOLOD CITY-- Household helpers or “kasambahays” in Western Visayas (Region 6) will receive a uniform minimum wage rate of PHP3,500 starting December 8.
Based on the approved rate of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board, domestic workers in cities and first-class municipalities will receive a pay increase of PHP1,000 while those in other towns will get a pay hike of PHP1,500.
Wage Order No. 2, published in local papers on Thursday, prescribed a uniform minimum wage rate of PHP3,500 for “kasambahays” in the region. It will take effect after 15 days on December 8.
In the previous wage order, which lapsed in February this year, domestic workers in cities and first-class municipalities received PHP2,500 per month while those in other towns were paid PHP2,000 only.
The new wage order no longer classifies domestic workers in terms of the location of their employment – whether they are based in cities or municipalities, labor representative Wennie Sancho said.
It’s “confusing and discriminatory,” he said, noting that the expenses of household helpers in any locality are almost similar.
“The gravity of their work is also the same that they all deserve to receive higher and common wage,” he added.
Wage Order No. 2 shall apply to all domestic workers, whether on a live-in or live-out arrangement, such as but not limited to general househelp, “yaya” (child minder), cook, gardener, laundry person, and any person who regularly performs work in one household on an occupational basis.
The order does not cover service providers, family drivers, children under foster family arrangement, and any other person who performs work occasionally or sporadically and not on an occupational basis. (PNA)
NOVEMBER 2017
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