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...
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...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s overseas trips are one of the main drivers of the increasing employment rate in the country, the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) said. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) ECOP...
Exporters are strongly urging the government to double the budget of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to P10 billion to boost support and development of the country’s exports sector as they grumbled about the “tokens” and “lip service” given to the sector, which targets to...
The country’s largest business associations, which employ the bulk of formal workers in the Philippines, totally rejected the planned legislated wage hike stating this move is more inimical to the estimated 42 million informal workers in the country as they cannot benefit from such a wage hike....
Employers are pointing out that only ten percent of the country’s roughly 50 million labor force will benefit from a legislated minimum wage hike, while a large majority of 90 percent will be further disadvantaged from such measure. Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr., president of the Employers Confederation...
The Philippines ranked second highest in salary rate among ASEAN countries, the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) said amid clamor and a pending bill in the Senate seeking for P150 increase in the daily minimum wage rate. ECOP President Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr. said in an interview at...
A business leader believes that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s push to open the economy and create jobs pushed the country's employment rate to pick up. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) President Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr. said this after noting that...
Employers and government agencies on Wednesday, (June 30) signed a manifesto that seeks to create 1 million jobs by end this year to help address the high unemployment rate in the country and bring it back to pre-pandemic level. The Manifesto on 1 Million Jobs for 2021-Partnership Project with the...
Employers strongly urged the government to speed up reopening of the domestic economy, warning that the huge stimulus packages would just all be for naught if the economy remains on lockdown as business edges into a black hole. At the opening of the virtual 42nd National Employers Conference on the...
On worsening supply chain, logistics constraints Exporters are seeking “very urgent” government assistance to cope with worsening supply chain and logistics constraints, including lack of vessel space, soaring freight rates and container shortage, resulting in shipment delays and huge...
