LATEST WAGE ORDERS/IMPLEMENTING RULES ISSUED BY THE REGIONAL BOARDS (2018-2020 Issuances)

As of 16 September 2020
REGULAR WAGE ORDERS:
NON-AGRICULTURE WAGE ORDER STATUS OF
WAGE
WAGE INCREASE / COLA MINIMUM WAGE COVERAGE Date of Date of Date of IMPLEMENTING
ORDER
RATE Issuance Publication Effectivity RULES

NCR – 22  ₱25.00/day basic wage increase ₱537.00 Minimum October 30, November 07, November Issued – Nov. 22, 2018
 Integration of ₱10.00 COLA into (₱512.00 minimum wage wage earners 2018 2018 22, 2018 Approved – Nov. 27, 2018
the basic wage rate under the previous Published – Dec. 03, 2018
W.O. + ₱25.00 basic Manila Times
wage increase) The Philippine
Star WITH EXEMPTION
Deadline of filing:
February 16, 2019

RB-CAR – 20  ₱15.00-₱35.00/day basic wage ₱340.00-₱350.00 Minimum October 01, November 03, November Issued – Oct. 01, 2019
increase wage earners 2019 2019 18, 2019 Approved – Dec. 09, 2019
Published – Dec. 22, 2019
 ₱10.00 COLA Baguio Herald Express
Midland
Courier NO EXEMPTION
ALLOWED

RB I-20  Ranging from ₱17.00-₱30.00 30 or more employees – Minimum March 19, April 15, 2019 April 30, Issued – Mar. 19, 2019
basic wage increase per day ₱340.00 wage earners 2019 2019 Approved – Apr. 12, 2019
10-29 – ₱310.00 Published – Apr. 15, 2019
1-9 (above 3M to 15M) – Northern Times Northern Times
₱282.00
1-9 (3M and below) – WITH EXEMPTION
₱273.00 Deadline of filing:
June 29, 2019

RTWPB-02-  ₱5-₱25.00 wage increase per ₱370.00 Minimum February 04, March 01, 2020 March 16, Issued – Feb. 10, 2020
20 day wage earners 2020 2020 Approved – June 29, 2020
Northern Post Published – July 6-12, 2020
Northern Digest

NO EXEMPTION
ALLOWED
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RB III – 22  ₱20.00/day basic wage ₱413.00-₱420.00 Minimum November December 17, January 01, Issued – Jan. 24, 2020
increase wage earners 27, 2019 2019 2020 Approved – Feb. 20, 2020
In Aurora: Published – Mar. 05, 2020
₱369.00
Sun Star WITH EXEMPTION
Pampanga Deadline of filing:
May 19, 2020

RB-IVA - 18  ₱14.00-₱21.50 basic wage GCA: Minimum February 28, April 13, 2018 April 28, Issued – May 03, 2018
increase per day ₱325.50-₱400.00 wage earners 2018 2018 Approved – June 04, 2018
 ₱2.00-₱5.00 simplification Published – June 15, 2018
EGA: Philippine Star Philippine Star
increase to be given on
₱317.50-₱344.00
December 01, 2019
RBA: WITH EXEMPTION
₱317.00-₱327.00 Deadline of filing:
August 29, 2018

RB-  ₱20.00/day basic wage increase Establishments with 10 Minimum October 09, November 12, November Issued – Nov. 05, 2018
MIMAROPA for Establishments with 10 workers and above wage earners 2018 2018 27, 2018 Approved – Nov. 27, 2018
-09 workers and above ₱320.00 Published – Dec. 10, 2018
 ₱12.00/day basic wage increase Establishments with less
Philippine Daily Inquirer
The Manila
for Establishments with less than 10
Times NO EXEMPTION
than 10 workers. ₱283.00
ALLOWED

RB V - 19  ₱20.00-₱30.00 basic wage Upon effectivity: Minimum August 14, September 06, September Issued – Aug. 20, 2018
increase to be given into two ₱305.00 wage earners 2018 2018 21, 2018 Approved – Sept. 18, 2018
(2) tranches: (estab. employing 10 and Published – Sept. 27, 2018
 Upon effectivity above) Bicol Mail Bicol Mail
 May 01, 2019 ₱295.00
(estab. employing 1 to 9) NO EXEMPTION
ALLOWED

RB VI – 25  ₱15.00-₱30.00 per day basic ₱310.00-₱395.00 Minimum October 22, November 11, November Issued – Oct. 22, 2019
wage increase wage earners 2019 2019 26, 2019 Approved – Nov. 26, 2019
Published – Dec. 04, 2019
Panay News WITH EXEMPTION
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ORDER
RATE Issuance Publication Effectivity RULES
and Negros Deadline of filing:
Daily Bulletin February 17, 2020

ROVII – 22  ₱8.00-₱48.00/day increase in ₱356.00-₱404.00 Minimum November December 21, January 05, Issued – Nov. 26, 2019
basic wage wage earners 26, 2019 2019 2020 Approved – Jan. 16, 2020
Published – Feb. 01, 2020

The Freeman WITH EXEMPTION

Deadline of filing:
April 16, 2020

RBVIII-21  ₱20.00 wage increase to be ₱315.00 Minimum July 22, August 03, August 18, Issued – Aug. 14, 2019
given in two (2) tranches: wage earners 2019 2019 2019 Approved – Sept. 23, 2019
- ₱10.00/day upon Published – Oct. 26, 2019
effectivity; Leyte-Samar Leyte-Samar Daily Express
- ₱10.00/day starting on the Daily Express
seventh month from Newspaper NO EXEMPTION
effectivity. ALLOWED

RIX – 20  ₱20.00/day basic wage increase ₱316.00 Minimum June 29, July 15, 2018 July 30, Issued – July 09, 2018
wage earners 2018 2018 Approved – Aug. 13, 2018
Published – Aug. 23, 2018
Zamboanga Zamboanga Times
Today
WITH EXEMPTION
Deadline of filing:
November 06, 2018

RB X – 20  ₱27.00/day basic wage increase WCI – P365.00 Minimum October 09, October 17, November Issued – Oct. 09, 2018
 ₱35.00/day basic wage increase WCII – P358.00 wage earners 2018 2018 01, 2018 Approved – Oct. 30, 2018
in the Municipality of Lugait WCIII – P350.00 Published – Nov. 07, 2018
(reclassified from WC III to WC WCIV – P343.00 Mindanao Mindanao Daily News
II) Daily News
 ₱34.00/day basic wage increase
in the Municipality of WITH EXEMPTION
Balingasag (reclassified from Deadline of filing:
WC IV to WC III) January 21, 2019
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ORDER
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RB XI – 20  ₱56.00/day basic wage increase Upon effectivity: Minimum June 27, August 01, August 16, Issued – July 16, 2018
to be given in two (2) tranches: ₱370.00 wage earners 2018 2018 2018 Approved – Aug. 31, 2018
-₱30.00 effective August 16, Published – Sept. 11, 2018
2018 Effective February 16, Sun Star Davao Sun Star Davao
-₱26.00 effective February 19, 2019:
2018 ₱396.00 NO EXEMPTION
ALLOWED

RB XII – 21  ₱25.00/day basic wage increase Upon effectivity: Minimum December January 18, February 02, Issued – Dec. 16, 2019
to be given in two (2) tranches: ₱326.00 wage earners 16, 2019 2020 2020 Approved – Jan. 29, 2020
₱15.00/day upon effectivity; Published – Feb. 08, 2020
₱10.00/day effective 01 May Effective 01 May 2020: The Mindanao Mindanao Cross
2020. ₱336.00 Cross WITH EXEMPTION
Deadline of filing:
April 23, 2020

RXIII – 16  Integration of COLA under ₱320.00 Minimum April 02, April 16, 2019 May 01, Issued – May 01, 2019
Wage Order No. RXIII-15 (₱305 basic pay + ₱15.00 wage earners 2019 2019 Approved – June 06, 2019
into the basic wage; and COLA) Published – June 24, 2019
Mindanao
 ₱15.00 per day new COLA.
Daily News
WITH EXEMPTION
Deadline of filing:
September 07, 2019

BARMM – 01  ₱20.00/day basic wage increase ₱325.00 Minimum November December 17, January 01, Issued – Dec. 27, 2019
for the Provinces of wage earners 13, 2019 2019 2020 Approved – Jan.17, 2020
Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Published – Jan. 28, 2020
Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, and Mindanao Expose
Cities of Marawi and Lamitan; Mindanao
 ₱14.00/day basic wage increase Expose’
for the Non-Agriculture Sector in
Cotabato City and 63 barangays
in North Cotabato; and WITH EXEMPTION
 ₱10.00/day basic wage increase Deadline of filing:
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for the Agriculture Sector in April 12, 2020
Cotabato City and 63 barangays
in North Cotabato.

KASAMBAHAY WAGE ORDERS:

NON-AGRICULTURE WAGE ORDER STATUS OF

WAGE
WAGE INCREASE / COLA MINIMUM WAGE COVERAGE Date of Date of Date of IMPLEMENTING
ORDER
RATE Issuance Publication Effectivity RULES

NCR-DW-02  ₱1,500.00 increase ₱5,000.00 Domestic November December 18, January 02, Issued – Nov. 21, 2017
workers 28, 2019 2019 2020 Approved – Dec.5, 2019
Published – Dec. 18, 2019
Philippine Star
Philippine Star
NO EXEMPTION
ALOWED

RB-CAR-  ₱1,000 in cities and first class P4,000 – chartered cities Domestic March 12, April 16, 2019 May 01, Issued – March 28, 2019
DW-03 municipalities and municipalities Workers 2019 2019 Approved – June 18, 2019
 ₱500 in other municipalities Published – June 30, 2019
P3,000 – other Herald Express
municipalities Baguio Sunstar
NO EXEMPTION
ALOWED

RBI-DW-02  ₱1,000 increase ₱4,500 – chartered cities Domestic March 18, April 15, 2019 April 30, Issued – Mar. 19, 2019
and municipalities workers 2019 2019 Approved – Apr. 12, 2019
Published – Apr. 15, 2019
₱3,500 – other Northern Times Northern Times
municipalities
NO EXEMPTION
ALOWED

RTWPB-02-  ₱500 increase in all cities and ₱4,000 Domestic February 04, March 01, 2020 March 16, Issued – Feb. 10, 2020
DW-03 municipalities regardless of workers 2020 2020 Approved – June 29, 2020
income class Northern Post Published – July 13-19, 2020
Northern Digest
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RATE Issuance Publication Effectivity RULES
NO EXEMPTION
ALOWED

RBIII-DW-01  P2,000 in cities and first class P4,000 – cities and first Domestic July 21, September 22, October 07, Issued – Sept. 27, 2017
municipalities class municipalities workers 2017 2017 2017 Approved – Nov. 17, 2017
 P1,500 in other municipalities Published – Dec. 03, 2017
P3,000 – other Sun Star Sun Star Pampanga
municipalities Pampanga
NO EXEMPTION
ALOWED

RB-IVA-DW-  ₱1,000.00 increase in GCA ₱3,500 – GCA (chartered Domestic October 09, February 14, March 01, Issued – Oct. 16, 2018
02 (chartered cities and cities and municipalities) Workers 2018 2019 2019 Approved – Jan. 30, 2019
municipalities) Published – 1st qtr. 2019
 ₱1,200.00 increase in EGA and ₱3,000 – EGA and RBA Philippine Philippine Star
RBA (other municipalities) (other municipalities) Daily Inquirer NO EXEMPTION
ALOWED

RB-  ₱1,000 increase in all areas in ₱3,500.00 Domestic July 03, August 06, August 23, Issued – July 03, 2019
MIMAROPA- MIMAROPA region Workers 2019 2019 2019 Approved – Sept. 23, 2019
DW-02 Published – Oct. 23, 2019
Philippine Philippine Daily Inquirer
Daily Inquirer
NO EXEMPTION
ALOWED

RBV-DW-01  ₱1,000.00 increase in cities and ₱3,000 –cities and first Domestic April 25, May 18, 2017 June 02, Issued – Apr. 25, 2017
first class municipalities; class municipalities workers 2017 2017 Approved – June 07, 2017
 ₱1,000.00 increase in other Published – June 15, 2017
municipalities. ₱2,500 – other Bicol Mail
municipalities Bicol Mail
NO EXEMPTION
ALLOWED

RBVI-DW-03 ₱500 – cities and first class ₱4,000 –cities and first Domestic March 27, April 23, 2019 May 08, Issued – April 11, 2019
municipalities class municipalities Workers 2019 2019 Approved – May 26, 2019
Negros Daily Published – June 14, 2019
₱1,000 – other municipalities ₱4,000 – other & Negros Daily Guardian and
municipalities Daily Bulletin Negros Bulletin
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NO EXEMPTION
ALOWED

RO VII-DW- ₱2,000 – in cities and first class ₱5,000 – chartered cities Domestic November December 21, January 05, Issued – Nov. 26, 2019
02 municipalities and municipalities Workers 26, 2019 2019 2020 Approved – Jan. 16, 2020
Published – Feb. 1, 2020
The Freeman
₱1,500 – in other municipalities ₱4,000 – other The Freeman
municipalities NO EXEMPTION
ALOWED

RBVIII-DW-  ₱2,000 increase ₱4,500 – chartered cities Domestic November December 17, January 01, Issued – Nov. 25, 2019
02 and municipalities Workers 25, 2019 2019 2020 Approved – March 10, 2020
Published – Sept. 12, 2020
₱4,000 – other Leyte Samar Daily Express
municipalities Leyte Samar
Daily Express NO EXEMPTION
ALOWED

RIX-DW-02  ₱1,000 in chartered cities and P3,500 – chartered cities Domestic October 22, November 08, November Issued – Nov. 08, 2019
first class municipalities and municipalities Workers 2019 2019 22, 2019 Approved – Jan. 16, 2020
 ₱1,000 in other municipalities Published – Jan. 30, 2020
P3,000 – other Zamboanga Daily Zamboanga Times
municipalities Today
NO EXEMPTION
ALOWED

RBX-DW-02 ₱1,000 increase ₱4,000 – cities and first Domestic December December 17, January 01, Issued – Dec. 4, 2019
class municipalities Workers 04, 2019 2019 2020 Approved – Jan. 6, 2020
Published – Jan. 14, 2020
₱3,000 – other Mindanao Mindanao Daily
municipalities Daily
NO EXEMPTION
ALOWED

RBXI-DW-01 ₱1,000 – chartered cities and P3,000 – cities and first Domestic October 30, December 01, December Issued – Nov. 07, 2017
municipalities class municipalities Workers 2017 2017 16, 2017 Approved – Dec. 11, 2017
Published – Jan. 15, 2018
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₱500 – other municipalities P2,000 – other Sun Star Davao EDGE Davao Newspaper
municipalities
NO EXEMPTION
ALOWED

RBXII-DW- ₱1,500 increase ₱4,000 – cities and first Domestic January 21, February 8, February Issued – Jan. 21, 2020
02 class municipalities Workers 2020 2020 23, 2020 Approved – Feb. 12, 2020
Published – March 7, 2020
₱3,500 – other The Mindanao The Mindanao Cross
municipalities Cross
NO EXEMPTION
ALLOWED

RXIII-DW-02  ₱500 increase ₱3,500 – chartered cities Domestic August 13, September 19, October 14, Issued – Aug. 13, 2019
and municipalities Workers 2019 2019 2019 Approved – Sept. 23, 2019
Published – Oct. 16, 2019
₱3,000 – other Mindanao Gold Mindanao Daily
municipalities Star Daily
NO EXEMPTION
ALOWED