{"id":15286,"date":"2025-07-19T02:04:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T18:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=15286"},"modified":"2025-07-19T02:04:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T18:04:16","slug":"p50-wage-hike-for-metro-manila-workers-takes-effect-july-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2025\/07\/19\/p50-wage-hike-for-metro-manila-workers-takes-effect-july-18\/","title":{"rendered":"P50 WAGE HIKE FOR METRO MANILA WORKERS TAKES EFFECT JULY 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>EFFECTIVE July 18, 2025, minimum wage earners in the National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila will receive a P50 daily wage increase, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The salary increase is based on Wage Order NCR-26\u2014raising the minimum wage of Metro Manila workers to P695 for the non-agriculture sector and P658 for those in agriculture, retail\/service, and small manufacturing establishments.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to DOLE, around <\/strong><strong>1.2 million minimum wage earners in Metro Manila will be receiving a P50 pay increase.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The DOLE said the raise translates to a monthly increase of P1,100 <\/strong><strong>per month for workers with a five-day workweek.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Those who work six days a week are expected to take home an additional P1,300 monthly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The NCR wage board said this was the largest wage hike it has approved to date, aiming to help workers cope with living costs while maintaining employment and business stability.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EFFECTIVE July 18, 2025, minimum wage earners in the National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila will receive a P50 daily wage increase, the Department<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15286"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15288,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15286\/revisions\/15288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}