THE new minimum wage in the Ilocos Region for establishments with 10 or more workers will be P435 per day, starting November 6, when the new wage order for the region takes into effect.
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - The daily wage in the Ilocos Region is now PHP372 for establishments with one to nine workers and PHP400 for those with 10 to 29 employees starting March 1, as part of the third and final tranche of wage hike approved by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board 1 (RTWPB1). In a virtual press conference on Wednesday, RTWPB1 secretary Romina Boado-Cabrillos said Wage Order RB1-21, approved last year, covers all minimum wage earners in the private sector within the region, regardless of their position, designation, or status and irrespective of the method by which their wages are paid. The order, however, exempts establishments in retail or service regularly employing not more than ten workers and establishments adversely affected by natural calamities or human-induced disasters, she added. The third and final tranche of the daily wage hike in the region imposes a PHP400 minimum daily wage in establishments with ten or more employees and PHP372 for thos
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - Eight municipalities and one city in the Ilocos Region have established their own Barangay Employment Services Office (BESO) to help facilitate job seeking for the residents in their communities. In a phone interview on Tuesday, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Ilocos Region information officer Justin Marbella said the eight municipalities are Infanta, Mangatarem, Sual, Urbiztondo and Villasis in Pangasinan, as well as Bacnotan and Naguilian in La Union, and Bacarra in Ilocos Norte. The one city that has its own BESO is Alaminos in Pangasinan, he added. "This is an initiative of the Public Employment Services Office (PESO) starting in 2021," Marbella said. PESO focal person Dionne Cleo Cruz, in a separate interview, urged other local government units to establish their own BESO as well. "We encourage this so we could facilitate the delivery of PESO services to the barangays," Cruz said. DOLE Ilocos regional director Exequiel Ronie Gu
LABOR DAY. Job seekers attend the Labor Day Job Fair of the Department of Labor and Employment in Pangasinan on May 1, 2022. Workers in the province can be assured that most employers are compliant with general labor laws. (PNA File Photo courtesy of DOLE Ilocos Region) MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - The Department of Labor and Employment in the Ilocos Region (DOLE-1) reported that 2,173 or 86.71 percent of the 2,506 establishments in the area are compliant with the general labor standards. In an interview on Thursday, DOLE-1 information officer Justin Marbella said some 475 establishments were inspected in Ilocos Norte, 609 in Ilocos Sur, 538 in La Union, 280 in western Pangasinan, 322 in central Pangasinan and 282 in eastern Pangasinan. "Most of the establishments inspected were micro with one to nine workers, small with 10-99 workers, medium with 100-199 workers, and large with 200 and above workers," he said. Marbella said the 2022 Labor Inspection results showed that the employ
At least 29,000 more informal workers in Central Luzon displaced by Super Typhoon Karding will receive assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment.