Manila, Sept. 18 -- The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) - Region 7 (Central Visayas) has granted an increase in the daily minimum wage of employees and monthly salaries of domestic workers in the region's cities and municipalities.

In a social media post, the RTWPB-7 said through Wage Order No. ROVII-26, it has increased the daily minimum wage of private sector workers from PHP501 to PHP540 for Class A areas.

Those under the Class A category are the cities of Carcar, Cebu, Danao, Lapu-Lapu, Naga, Talisay, and the municipalities of Compostela, Consolacion, Cordova, Liloan, Minglanilla, and San Fernando, which comprise the Expanded Metro Cebu.

On the other hand, workers in the Class B category will be receiving ...