minimum wage
Executive warned vs uniform floor wage
14 September, 2016 at 14:00
Business Leaders and a central bank official cautioned the Executive branch on its plan to replace the existing region-based minimum wage system with one that sets a nationwide floor pay for private sector workers, saying the latter will discourage investors and risks spiking inflation beyond target besides…
Duterte vows to end contractualization
17 May, 2016 at 18:30
MANILA, Philippines – Incoming president Rodrigo Duterte sees contractualization as wrong and ending it will be one of his top objectives when he formally assumes office on June 30.
Business cautions on wage hike plea
15 April, 2016 at 10:27
A new round of petitions nationwide for increases in daily minimum wage has begun as the country’s biggest labor group yesterday formally sought a P154 hike for private sector workers in Metro Manila
Is minimum wage bad for poor?
12 May, 2015 at 13:45
Vicente B. Paqueo and Gary B. Olivar @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer 12:01 AM | Sunday, May 10th, 2015 “March of Labor in
DOLE thumbs down proposal to cut SME’s...
17 September, 2014 at 12:05
By Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star) | Updated September 14, 2014 – 12:00am MANILA, Philippines – The Department of
Minimum wages: job killer
5 June, 2014 at 14:57
Minimum wages: job killer 19th May 14 Introspective by Calixto V. Chikiamco (Business World) May 18, 2014 WHY DO WE have jobless growth?
Dumaguete: A ‘labor employment zone’?
11 April, 2013 at 17:32
CROSSROADS (Toward Philippine Economic and Social Progress) By Gerardo P. Sicat Excess labor supply at the going wage rate is a major
Thailand Adopts Nationwide Minimum Wage Policy Amid...
7 February, 2013 at 11:38
From January 1 of this year, Thailand’s employers must pay all employees at least 300 baht (about $10) a day. If they don’t, they
Employer group appeals wage hike order
28 May, 2012 at 11:48
An employer group has appealed the order which raised minimum wages in Metro Manila by P30 claiming that it is not economically feasible. In a
JFC Position Paper on the Minimum Wage...
21 May, 2012 at 11:02
We, the Joint Foreign Chambers, support fair and competitive wages for the Philippine workforce. Fair in the sense that as many Filipinos as
NCR workers get wage hike
18 May, 2012 at 11:48
Private sector workers earning the floor pay in Metro Manila should soon see their monthly take rise by about P900 under a new wage decision
Wage increases to be studied by regional...
2 April, 2012 at 16:42
CURRENT WAGE HIKE petitions appear to be too high but adjustments will be considered and could be ordered later this year, a Cabinet official
Family living wage
23 March, 2012 at 14:06
This is a re-posted opinion piece. It is with great relief that I report to the Reader that there is one recent issue with which I am in complete
