Metro Manila domestic workers to get P1,000 pay hike

December 2, 2017

Domestic workers in Metro Manila will get an early Christmas present in the form of a P1,000 pay increase,

The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board - National Capital Region (RTWPB-NCR) said the new minimum wage rate for domestic workers is now P3,500.

This is the first time a pay increase was given to domestic workers since the Domestic Workers Act  was passed in 2013. The law says the minimum wage in Metro Manila is P2,500.

Wage Order No. NCR-DW-01 said the new minimum wage rate is set to take effect on December 16.

The  wage order applies to all domestic workers, whether on a live-in or live out arrangemen.

But the wage order does not cover service providers, family drivers, children under foster family arrangement, and any other person who performs work occasionally or sporadically.

The wage order takes effect in the cities of Caloocan, Las Pinas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Manila, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Paranaque, Pasay, Pasig, Quezon, San Juan, Taguig, Navotas, and Valenzuela, and the Municipality of Pateros. DMS