Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong were granted a HK$100 increase on their monthly salary, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirmed on Thursday, Oct. 6. The new Hong Kong Minimum Allowable Wage (MAW) took effect on October 1, according to DMW. This is equivalent to a P750 salary...
MEMBERS of the National Wages Productivity Commission-Zamboanga Peninsula (Region 9) announce a wage increase for workers in the region during a press conference in Zamboanga City Thursday, June 9. (Liza Jocson) ZAMBOANGA CITY – The National Wages Productivity Commission (NWPC)-Region 9...
President Duterte’s press secretary assured the public on Tuesday, June 7, that the government has put in place mechanisms that will address the inflation rate which grew to 5.4 percent last month and the skyrocketing prices of fuel in the country. PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar. (Malacañang...
GROCERY store workers take a break in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap/File/Manila Bulletin) ILOILO CITY – Days before a minimum wage increase across Western Visayas or Region 6 takes effect, five major business groups in Iloilo City, Iloilo, and Capiz have appealed for a lower daily rate. The Iloilo...
DAVAO CITY – The approved minimum wage increase in Davao Region is ‘far from enough’ to cover the prices of basic commodities, a former lawmaker said. Former Anakpawis Party-list representative Ariel Casilao said in a statement that the wage increase is below the supposed ‘poverty wage’...
MAP of the Philippines with Central Visayas highlighted CEBU CITY – The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-Central Visayas (RTWPB 7) has agreed to impose a P31 increase in the daily minimum wage in the region. The P31 increase is the highest that has been granted in the region so...
ILOILO CITY -- The Iloilo Business Club (IBC) is set to appeal for the suspension of the implementation on June 5 of the salary increase approved by the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC). IBC executive director Atty. Eunice Guadalope said a memorandum of appeal is being prepared to...
ILOILO CITY – Good news for workers in Western Visayas region. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is set to implement a salary hike for workers in the private sectors, including kasambahays, starting June 5. “It is good news for the daily wage earners, the kasambahays and their...
TRECE MARTIRES, Cavite – Caviteño workers may soon enjoy a new minimum wage higher than the current P373 rate. The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) held a public hearing regarding the minimum wage hike in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) at the...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose 'Joey' Concepcion III said micro-enterprises should be exempt from salary hike orders as they are still reeling from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the conflict in Eastern Europe. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion...
Just in time for Labor Day, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo promised labor groups on Sunday, May 1, that she will raise the minimum wage of Filipino workers. Vice President Leni Robredo addresses her supporters from the labor sector during the Labor Day event, dubbed as “A10 Ang...
The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) is already processing wage hike petitions for workers in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced on Tuesday, April 5. In a statement, DOLE-NCR Regional Director Sara Buena Mirasol said...
