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Wage hike seen having minimal effect on inflation
May 20, 2012
MANILA, Philippines—The hike in the minimum wage in Metro Manila is not expected to have a major effect on consumer prices in the country, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Read the rest of this entry »
No to pittance pay increase, TUCP tells DOLE
May 20, 2012
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) expressed dismay over the announced wage increase of two-tranche thirty pesos in COLA only for minimum wage earners in the National Capital Region. Read the rest of this entry »
Cordillera wages increased by P8
May 19, 2012
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said workers in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) could expect an additional income on their next pay day after the regional wage board approved an P8 wage hike in the said region. Read the rest of this entry »
Metro workers get P30 daily pay hike
May 19, 2012
METRO Manila’s wage board has approved a 30-peso increase in the daily minimum pay of the workers in the metropolis, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
Two-tiered wage system in the offing
May 17, 2012
The Philippines is now in a transition to a two-tiered wage system with the effectivity of the wage order of the Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board-Region IV-A (Southern Tagalog), according to Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz. Read the rest of this entry »
DOLE: PHL in transition to better wage system
May 16, 2012
With the first two-tiered wage order issued for Southern Luzon, the Philippines is now on its way to joining its “progressive” colleagues in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Department of Labor and Employment said. Read the rest of this entry »
Aquino bares ‘investments’ for workers
May 1, 2012
PRESIDENT Aquino bared on Tuesday his administration’s “investment” in long-term measures to improve workers’ welfare in the country, including an P11.2-billion education-aid program that would benefit 1.6 million members of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and the Social Security System (SSS). Read the rest of this entry »
Wage boards of 6 regions approve pay hikes
April 27, 2012
Six of the Philippines’ 17 administrative regions—Cagayan Valley, Bicol, SOCCKSARGEN, Davao, Western Visayas, Southern Tagalog—have issued new wage hike orders, the National Wages and Productivity Commission said Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
Pinoys, mostly women, remain lowly paid – ILO
April 26, 2012
MANILA, Philippines – The number of lowly-paid Filipino workers, mostly women, continues to rise despite economic improvements, the International Labor Organization (ILO) reported yesterday.
According to the ILO, lowly-paid workers increased by 14.5 percent as more women took on low-paying jobs. Read the rest of this entry »
