Starting May 11, the monthly wage rate of household workers in Region VII will increase following the approval of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPB), the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. The increase was based on the Wage Order No. ROVII-DW-04 of the...
Contract of Service (COS) and Job Order (JO) personnel hired by Eastern Samar province were were not only paid below the daily minimum wage, but worse, their salaries were always delayed in 2023, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. In its annual audit report, COA said that when the audit...
Household workers in Region III are set to receive an increase to their monthly wage rate starting Monday, April 1, after the Central Luzon's wage board approved an increase in the daily minimum wage, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has announced. In a statement, DOLE said the wge...
The proposed legislated P100 national wage hike continues to be a heated issue as a group of informal sector workers has joined three business groups to resist its passage, saying the proposal will exclude a “supermajority” of workers from any wage increase and might even lead to them losing...
(MANILA BULLETIN) As workers and employers began to debate their respective cases on the legislated wage hike in the House of Representative, wage subsidies have emerged as a common ground between the two groups. House Committee on Labor and Employment...
Mandaluyong City Rep. Neptali “Boyet” Gonzales II answering questions during a press conference (PPAB) As the famous phrase of the late TV host Inday Badiday goes, “Careful, careful!” House Deputy Majority Leader and Mandaluyong City Rep....
While “we all want to improve the lives of our employees,” Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion asserted on Wednesday, Feb. 28, that the right way forward is to create jobs, which is the more sustainable approach to growing the economy. Joey Concepcion (Photo from Go Negosyo) In a...
Rizal 4th district Rep. Fidel Nograles (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Labor and Employment doesn't feel any pressure from the Senate when it comes to the latter's call for congressmen to act on bills that seek to increase...
(Ellson Quismorio/MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives' consensus on the P100 legislated wage hike recently approved by the Senate is that the amount simply isn't enough to meet the needs of Filipino workers. Majority Leader...
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Sunday, February 25 urged the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to support the measure seeking to increase the daily minimum wage of employees in the private sector by P100 instead of recoiling at the idea. Escudero made the call after Labor...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (PPAB) After the Senate's approval of the P100 minimum wage hike bill, a ranking lawmaker in the House of Representatives commented that there are alternatives to helping Filipinos make ends meet. In a press conference on...
President Marcos' chief economist cautioned that the implementation of the proposed P100 wage hike could result in heightened unemployment rates, a further acceleration of consumer prices, and a deceleration in economic growth. National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio M....
