The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) is holding its 46th National Conference of Employers on July 29-30, 2025, at the Manila Hotel, to address the critical “triple transitions” encompassing green, digital, and social aspects for a sustainable future. The conference, which...
With the next State of the Nation Address (SONA) fast approaching, the country’s leading group of employers is urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to use the platform to declare his opposition to legislated wage hikes, maintaining that wage-setting should be left to regional wage boards. The...
The country’s leading group of employers said micro-entrepreneurs will be the most affected by the upcoming implementation of the ₱50 wage hike for private sector workers in the National Capital Region (NCR), warning that it could lead to job losses and business closures. The Employers...
The country’s leading group of employers said all future salary adjustments should be overseen solely by the regional wage boards, rather than through legislation that was recently left unapproved by Congress. “The regional wage board is not perfect, but that is the most objective and...
As the dust settles from the 2025 midterm elections, I find myself reflecting on what truly matters as we enter a new chapter in our national legislature. While politics continues to dominate the headlines, it 's our economy—our ability to attract investments, support small businesses, and...
The country’s largest group of employers is urging the government to allow companies to implement their own work-from-home schemes, rather than imposing an industry-wide policy, during the upcoming rehabilitation work on EDSA. With the preparatory works on the EDSA rebuild set to begin next...
With the dry season approaching, the government should allow companies to exercise “common sense” in implementing their health and safety policies, according to Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) President Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr. In a recent interview, Ortiz-Luis said employers...
Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) President Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr. said he is open to the idea of employers shouldering their employees’ health insurance coverage amid controversies surrounding the state health insurer. Ortiz-Luis said the recent actions of the Philippine Health...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expressed its gratitude to the Leaders Forum, a bipartite body of labor and employer groups, for its support to the increase of the commission's budget. The Leaders Forum is composed of organizations such as the Employers Confederation of the Philippines,...
Employers said they will focus discussions during the upcoming 45th National Conference of Employers (NCE) on tech-driven future as they emphasized that employees have to learn and relearn 40 percent of their skills over the next five years to keep their jobs. The Employers Confederation of the...
The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) expressed support to proposals that would grant employees special or unscheduled work breaks in extremely hot weather, but said the implementation of these “heat breaks” should be left to the discretion of the employers, and should not be...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III told the public to shun the narrative that the proposed P100-minimum wage hike would be catastrophic for the country as this could further aggravate inflation. In a radio interview on DWIZ, Pimentel said that the country has to think out of the...
