The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPBs) of Region IV-A (CALABARZON) and Region VII (Central Visayas) have issued wage orders granting increases in the daily minimum wage rates of workers in private establishments. The adjustments range from P21 to P75 per day for Region IV-A and P33 to P43 per day for Region VII. Both adjustments were reached through consensus and unanimously approved by the government, labor and employer representatives in both RTWPBS, and have likewise been unanimously affirmed by the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC).

The wage orders were issued following President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s Labor Day directive to the RTWPBs to review regional minimum wage rates prior to the anniversary dates of previous wage increases. The last wage orders for workers in private establishments in Region IV-A and Region VII became effective on 24 September 2023 and 01 October 2023, respectively. The new wage increase in Region IV-A will take effect on 30 September 2024, or after five days from the anniversary date of the previous regional wage increase. In Region VII, the new wage order will take effect on 02 October 2024, the day immediately following the anniversary date of the previous regional wage order.

RTWPB IV-A re-categorized the grouping of areas on the basis of the income classification of local government units and simplified the wage structure into the agriculture and non-agriculture sectors and retail establishments employing not more than ten workers. The increase brings the daily minimum wages to P450-P560 in the non-agriculture sector; P425-P500 in the agriculture sector; and P425 in retail and service establishments employing not more than 10 workers upon full implementation of all tranches.