Manila, Jan. 22 -- Domestic workers (kasambahay) in Metro Manila are set to receive an additional PHP800 in their salaries early next month.

This, after the Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board-National Capital Region approved Wage Order No. NCR-DW-06, granting the wage adjustment.

In an advisory Thursday, the National Wages and Productivity Commission said the measure will raise the monthly pay of kasambahays in the region from PHP7,000 to PHP7,800 per month, effective Feb. 7 or after 15 days from the order's publication.

Covered by the salary adjustment are general househelp, whether stay-in or live-out, yaya, cook, gardener, laundry person and any person who regularly performs domestic work in one household in an occupati...