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Senator Chiz Escudero said the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) should be advancing the welfare of the country’s workforce and support Senate Bill 2534 that would grant a P100 increase in the daily minimum wage of employees in the private sector. Escudero reminded DOLE that its primary job is to look after the welfare […]
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda expressed her support for a bill increasing the daily minimum wage by P100 in the private sector to uplift families from poverty. Legarda co-authored and co-sponsored Senate Bill 2534, which the Senate passed on second reading. “It is high time we increase the minimum wage across the board in […]
With the continuous rise in the prices of basic commodities, the need for a wage hike is now “imperative,” Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said. When asked to comment on calls made by various labor groups to implement an across-the-board wage hike, the presidential aide said he would “let the Department of Labor […]
Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has filed a bill to ensure minimum wage earners get the pay as well as all the benefits that they deserve. Alvarez said he filed the bill to curb the illegal practice of private sector employers of non-compliance with the proper and appropriate payment of minimum wage to their workers. “Failure to […]